Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-27
CouNTRY-HOUSE DRAPERlEs
Some Pretty Silks and Costons i'm rlo~.-,
Patterns.

'oe re''y silks and Cottons in Flowery
Patterns.
There is nothing distinctivelv new
offered by decorators in hanpinos for
country cottages. The dainty shadow
silks designed by the associated artists
are found in a beautiful arrav of new
patterns and colorings, especially in
the new greens so much in demand this
season for upholstery and decorative
purposes A fair quality of silk foruse
n country houses may be purchased
LOT n1ty cents yard in thirty-one-inch
width. 1t comes only in figured pat
terms, but 1t makes pretty sash-curtains
ana vestlbule curtains for country
houses. 1t is usually to be found in
seif-curtains:" and all the trimming
required for it when used for sash-cur-
talns is border of fluffy little tassels
with spaces between them. The cheap
est plain silk in this width is seventy
nVe or eighty cents yard. It is of
rather heavier quality than the figured
SILK and is found in the fashionable por-
ceialn blues, yeliows. terra-cottas and
rose colors. Next in favor to Vatican
greens is rose color. This is the fade"
color known as Du Barry rose This is
a favorlte tint for ladies' boudoirs and
country drawing-rOoms, and harmo-
nlzes either with the ormolu and ma
hogany of the empire period, or with
the daintier Louis Nv and Louis XVI
styles.
"A pretty material for simple bed
room furnishing. where sheer curtain
with some color is desired, is a white or
cream-colored Madras muslin, figured
In color, with pale rose, delicate green
or yellow. This muslin costs from six
" cents to one dollar a yard. The
nower-Striped cheeSe-cloths must not
De forgotten in decoration. These are
striped with yellow cowslips for yellow
rooms, and with garlands of wild
eglantine for rose-colored rooms and
make the most picturesque of curtains
When simply finished with al inch-and-
a-half hem. which should be done by
hand land if you wish it especially
nice, in hemstitching, and with spaced
tassels on the edge. these draperies
may be used for long bedroom curtains
or for sash curtains. Plain muslins.
finished with hemstitched hems or
figured muslins scattered with dots,
f1eur-de-lis or other simple patterns.
make pretty curtains for bedrooms or
country sitting-rooms, and the entire
country house is often furnished
throughout with sash curtains of this
kind to match. Where a hemstitched
hem is considered too severe or hard a
finish. four-inch rutfie of plain mus
lin is used on the edge
English cretonnes in old-fashioned
flower patterns are still popular for
covering the cushions of simple furni-
ture, upholstering couches bed draper
les and other purposes. but they have
been superseded. to considerab bic eN-
tent by figured silks, which are no more
expensive and possess the power of she'd
ding dust. Broche silks in flower
basket pattern, with floating ribbon
designs. are used for covering cushions,
upholstering fanciful little French
chairs and for dainty bourdoir hang
ings. The most desirab BILE cretOnnes
are those in the old-fashioned chintz
finish. which come in fast colorS. SO
that the cloth may be repeatedly
laundered without losing its fresh
ness. These cretOnnes are found in
corn flower patters in stripes figured
with tiny flowers and in rose-garland
designs. For inexpensive window
draperies the tamboured muslins and
laces are as pretty as anything. both
for sash curtains and for longer draper.
les. A fair quality of tamboured mus
lin may be purchased for thirty-tive
cents yard.-N. y. Tribune.