The Washington times., 1895-03-14

tern OF tall torch and interwined garlands
worked out in clear deft blue on an egg shell
white background. Whatever may be the
size and proportions OF room it cannot but
appear more cool and spacious when hung
with this, the ceiling left quite plain and
the floor laid in light polished hard wood,
strewn with round fringed iute and cotton
mats, that look amazingly like old willow
pattern plates.
In sharp rivalry with blue and white en-
pire paper is the latest of wall hangings that
comes from France. 1t is called glazed
chintz, printed cotton goods, applied to
the walls like any ordinary paper and
showing on its outside face polish so dur
able that il can be freshened, season after
season, by merely passing over the surface
a clean damp cloth. The glaze is supposed
TO hold indelibe the lovely colorings of its
printed patterns. 1t would be hard indeed
10 imagine anything more suitable for the
drawing room OF a summer home than walls
hung with this material in designs of
eglantine, lilac blossoms or wreathS of
guelder roses and chains OF little French
marguerite.
SEAS ONABLE DRAPERIES.
In blue and white bedrooms for instance
the windows are to be hung with pretty
soft, white madras muslin, embroidered
with blue dots about the size of a five cent
piece This is very inexpensive, less 50 than
the new oriental net, woven of rather coarse
cream threads with dots and eyelet holes.
Blue and white French cretonne, lighter of
weight and more durable in color tfian that
of English or American make. is taking the
place of chintZ, that is vastly more cxpen-
sive, and in rooms hung with glazed oiiintZ
the iDcomparably lovely Liberty sateens
and velveteens are employed. These ccme
in delicious shades Of rose, blue, tan. and
green, figured over with Ioveliest flowers of
the garden and meadow. The sateen forms
draperies and the velyeteen makes tufted
cushions for easy willow coairs that are en-
amled in green or rose, as the prevailing
color in the room may dictate. There are
yet other materials used in hangings, most
appropriately in a bunaps walled room
These are green and brown cotton corduroy
and damasked denim. The blue and gray
denim has been put up Of late TO use as a
tUfted covering of deep arm chairs and set
tees, which, as it is cheap, when once grown
shabby, is ineXpensively renewed and
tufted down wit hwnite buttons and
trimmed with blue and white cord and
fringe shows up wit hsplendid effect.
The furniture dealers have wisely directed
the public attention to colonial and the
old simple patterns of furniture for country
houses These tufted chairs and settees
have the side ears and rather straight back
Of the New England colonial period and
now that the householders have grown
weary OF white enamel, good simple forms
for bedroom furnishing are introduced in
pretty, inexpensive curled birch.
FURNITURE NOVELTIES.
Tall chiffoners with little oval mirrors
swinging at the top, broad low bureaus
and small writing desks of birch wood make
up, with brass bedsteads, white iron or
tiled washstands. and an array of tufted
willow chairs, the full sets of country bed
room furniture.
Two quaint revivals from past fashions is
the straight back combing chair and wooden
stool To set before the dressing table and a
bit of low. round three legged stand, in
tended to hold silver candle stick and
snuffer occupy permanent place at the
bedside.
The birch is treated with q little brass,
simple carving, and the new washstands
deserve special recommendation to house
holders who are out prospecting. These
are built like long low tables with an un-
der shelf, where the hot water can is to be
set out OF the way, while the upper shelf
merely has a framework of birch filled in
with blue and white glazed tiles. Painted
iron rods are fitted on just under the end
edges of the top shelf. for towel and sponge