The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-04-16
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THE ROSE CUSHION.

70 date women know this, and conse-
Quently these soft. fluffy affairs are Law
ishly placed on touches, chairs and
sofas, while floor cushions are conven-
iently located in front of high seats and
in corners adjoining the fireplace. In q
word, one cannot have too many of these
comforters about the house. When the
housewife has an eye TO decorative eff
feet, she varies the shapes and the Gov
erings, and herein lies large field for
the exercise of artistic taste.
In selecting the materials for cover
ing pillows and cushions everything de-
ponds on the wear and tear these affairs
are to encounter. Cushions for parlor
and other formal rooms demand dainty
materials and more elaborate decora-
tions than do those for the much used
sitting room or nursery. Where ele-
gance as we'll as comfort is demanded
silk faced velvet, satin and india silks,
with embroideries and laces, combine TO
make ornamental effects as we'll as coy
resting places in the apartment.
An effective pillow is one covered
with openwork scrim, with rows of rib
bon placed upon the plain stripes, made
over contrasting color of silk, with ruff
de of sheer lace surrounding the whole
An india silk pillow is n very pleasant
one to lay ones face against, and when
selected with due regard to harmonious
coloring the effect is very satisfactory
a very airy effect is gained with a
graduation of yellow tints-as, for exam
pie, i yellow silk cushion, finished
with three ruf1es of silk, each shorter
than the other and one degree lighter in
shade than the cushion, these ruffles to
be all set in the seam.
Quite out of the ordinary are the Tose
cushions, made in Grape and game of
any desired color. Another unique af-
fair is cushion and chair back COM
bined. This is covered with figured silk
and lined with plain silk, the two parts
being joined together with ribbon bows. l
y comparatively new material for pill
lows is channels, which is effectively
decorated either with hand painted de-
signs or embroidered ones. These pill
lows are usually finished with ruffle
Of the channels cut i'll scallops, or the
ruff1e may b6 of silk Of corresponding
color. Now that crochet work is again
to the fore, colored cushions of silk are
being covered with crocheted openwork
IN knitting silk. Wheels and medallioEs
are favorite designs in this work. An
other popular pillow is the one enbroid- |
cred with disks Of different sizes and
varying colors. Cushions are also cover
ed with narrow ribbons feather stitched
together, after the fashion of the old
time crazy quilts, and exceedingly eff |
fective is this cover when the ribbons |
are selected with an eye to q pleasant !
Of oOl0rc
The ever popular denims afford the |
most serviceable material for the mark
ing of all sorts of cushions and pillows. |
Denim possesses the additional merit of |
withstanding the laundry, an important |
item when the pillows are in constant |
use. Blue denim enhanced with bands |
of Irish point embroidery is decidedly |
pleasing in effect. Denim pillows are
also decorated with what is known as
novelty braid embroidery. The novelty |
braid is composed Of openwork medal