Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-16
LUXURIOUS LOUNcINC.
No End to the Beauty, Cost. and Variety
of the New Sofa Pillows.
Correspondents Of the Dlspatch.)

Correspondence Of the Dlspatch)
NEW YORK, December SIN every
home there should be one room in whose
furnishing comfort has been the chief
aim, where the members Of the family
may do as they please without reference
20 tides. thrown on beribboned furniture,
and IN such a room there Will be wide
and sprngy couch with not more than
three pillows. These will diner IN size
and sOftness, In order 10 be Adaptable TO
the shape Of every ones head and shout
ders; the smallest one TO yielding 10 pres
sure that the person using II VIII be al
most unconscious Of its presence. while
the other larger ones will serve as sup
port; perhaps the covers will be OF China
silk, fine chntz, blue-jeans. or, possibly,
they viii be simple slips Of brown linen.
For the draWing-rOOm you cannot nave
too many cushions One society woman
boosted rec nifty OF owning sixty, ana
she Immediately became the object OF
envy 10 every woman OF her acQuaint-
arce. Frequently hundreds Of dollars are
presented in the pillows which one sees
In every corner OF an elegant home, IN
the wicker chairs, on the broad window
seats, on the floor near the hearth, and
pied upon diyans In Oriental profusion.
VARY IN SIZE.
Seven Is said TO be the conventional
number OF cushions for an artistic divan.
But they must vary as much as possible
la shape. size. aad coloring. Pillows a
yard square with deep ruhie seem 10 b.
in general use and SO are very lat ones
whose four corners are pushed IN and
covered Wt.h rOsettes 4 sort OF round
bolster at each end OF a couch gives a
good effect, particularly when covered
with black satin which provides sym
pathetic background for gayer cushions;
the ends are finished with rOsettes and
often a wide satin ribbon Is passed
around the middle and tied In a large
bow. A round cushion made OF nineteen
scraps of brick-red suTah was exceedingly
pretty. The silk was fulled onto the
plain bottom piece all the way around,
and then was gathered into big rosette
In the centre Of the top, the folds being
50 close together that the numerous seams
were not visible.
one OF the most beautiful cushions in
New York belongs 10 the wife of man
whose purse Is nlled 10 overlooking with
the receipts OF great express-eompany.
1 III looking over her wardrobe last
autumn she found an old crepe de chine
! dress, dotted with bow-knOts. embToider-
/ ed i'm white silk, and with an elaborate
/ border worked IN the same design. Sne
took two breadths OF the stun TO the
associated artists. and had the white
/ knots re-embroldered in duh blue, ana
outlined with gold. Blue. pink. and gold
! were put into the border. and then a
/ large down cushion was covered on both
sides with the crepe. the border having
been arranged TO go around the four SIDES
! Of the square. A full rufiie OF point
| desprit lace was added, and from an Old
! gown a regal cushion had been made al
| u cost of not less than nifty dollars.
MATERIALS.
| Suitable materials for the covers OF
! pillows are legion. Pieces OF a last-sun-
mer's thin silk can be used. and tor q
| hearth-cushion there Is nothing better
| than the front Of one OF those tea-gown
| patterns, which were used few years
I ago and which were embroidered IN
! Persian designs and eoiorings. At any
/ japanese store can be found a variety o.
printed cotton crepes, Of ODD silks. or Of
orateiy-embroidered Oriental scarfs
ranging from Is cents a yard 10 ans
amount you may be willing TO pay, \
new material Is chiffon. a ridged-cottor
goods. woven OF threads OF dinsren
shades Of the same color. II Is thirty
six inches wide. and but 7o cents a yard
! two and one half yards making the covel
and rutiie for a large pillow. AT severn