The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-07
DECORATING THE HOME
PRETTY, TASTEFUL THINGS TO BE
FOUND IN INDIANAPOLIS STORES.
Styles I'm Carpets, Rugs, wall Paper
and Tapestry-Curtains for Win
dOws-Mimiature Fad.

does the ldSnlOn In dress, ana altnougn
many wel-to-do Indianapolis people do not
| pay very strict attention to the latest home
decoration, it is nevertheless essential in
all up-to-date homes.
Hardwood is the ideal floor and new de-
signs are constantly being made The style
Of the floor depends upon the room and fur
| nishings; white quartered oak is used ex-
tensively, while maple is perhaps used
mostly in the kitchen floor or in rear halls.
Tastes vary in regard to the covering of the
moor, and many people prefer the newer
decoration of rugs, while many more prefer
handsome carpets for softness and warmth.
To suit every one beautiful and costly rugs
ana carpets are shown. One of the large
downtown carpet houses shows some
handsome patterns in royal Wilton carpets.
one is rose color ground, with an ivory
and green figure design appropriate for
parlor. Another delicate furnishing is also
IN the Wilton in an ivory background. with
! chrysanthemum decoration The same
background is shown in Scotch thistle de-
sign, in shading of pink, gold and bronze.
| Rich shades of green and red will be used
considerably for drawing room, library or
sitting room. One of the newest colors in a
body Brussels or Wilton is in the new army
blue. with a scroll design in the two-toned
effect. Body Brussels has been temporarily
set aside for a lower-priced piled carpet, but
| the coming season will revive the body Brus-
sells and they will be used extensively. Sew
eral new and original patterns are shown.
One OF the leading stores, which makes
| speciality of handsome imported and Amer
| lean rugs, shows an endless variety. Rugs
are used extensively in all the finest homes
and desirable for their cleanliness and
fa foo Thn nd
| the SIENNA rug among the finest of the
| Oriental rugs. A rug of American manu-
facture is called the Silkirk Wilton and is
very handsome in design. Another is the
| Saxony, manufactured in Germany, ORR
entail rugs range in price from 81 to $500. A
| handsome silk one, by Z. is shown, and
vauled at $500. The Cabstan rug is also
| popular, and great number have been sold
| this season. They come in the medium
size The Franco-Persian rug is sold in In
dianapolis by one firm, and this is its first
season in America. 1t is made in France
and of Persian weave, hence its name. 1t
bids fair to become quite a favorite, and is
Oriental in design and comes in all sizes, or
made to order in any special size. A
cheaper class of rug is the new Khorassan,
one woven without seams and costing from
$2250 to $45, in all the new color effects.
The Byzantine rug for furnishing of spe-
cial color room is attractive, and comes in
all sizes and colors in the two-toned effects.
For stairway carpeting the old style of a
strip with slight borders on either side is
most effective and satisfactory. The animal
skin rugs are handsome additions to recep-
ton halls, and many fine ones are shown
by one merchant. They are all made of the
entire skin, with the natural head mounted.
They come in bear skin. leopard Bengal
tiger, snow leopard, Hudson bay wolf, grey
and red fox. A Rocky mountain lion is
valued at $58; an immense grizzly bear is
worth $225; a royal Bengal tiger sells for
$1s5. The collection consists of small and
large SKINS and is considered to be one of
the finest exhibitions of animal skin rugs
in Indianapolis.
NEW WALLPAPER DESIGNS.
Many new and attractive designs in wall
paper greet the eye of the fall shoppers in
all the houses that deal in that line, and
| it would be difficult to enter into any brief
description which would be at all satisfac-
| tory Every room requires a separate deco
ration, and the tendency the coming sea-
| son seems TO be for dark wall paper, al
though for parlors the lighter tints are still
used. Ceilings and corners in plaster-worlz
decoration, also French panel work, with
plaster work after the style of Louis XVI,
are attractive. Burlaps with borders or
stencil work for dining rooms or halls are
SILK tapestries are stretched on the walls
instead of wall paper. A room just com
pleted is hung in figured green silk tapestry
lshed, with a covering of light-colored ORR
entail rugs. The furniture is of the Louis
Mvt style r and eoyered in light silk EN-
broidered French lace, with an overcurtain
of plain silk velour, and the portieres are
embroidered borders Another is the pink
room; The walls are hung. in pink silk
ffapeSitby, WITH y; cream and pink figure and
a contrasting color of green for over
curtains and portieres, making the room,
when finished. combination of pink and
green, which r'akes a soft and effective
combination. Tapestry panels framed are
an attractive decoration of the dining room.
The tapestry comes in various sizes, and is
FAR more effective in this particular room
than pictures.
Considerable armor is used for a hall dec
Grafton. Wooden PLAQUES and German
ware are pretty and up-to-date decorations
for the dining room. The dominating colors
this season have decided tendency toward
strong ones. Rich reds and green's are pop
ular new shade Of dark blue makes an
effective decoration for a dining room. US
ing the plain blue for the side wall to the
picture molding, which should be low, and
from the molding up covering the ceiling in
ington street dealing in wall paper carries
| out an original idea, and shows designs in
water colorS to select your wall paper from
| IN all the new features in decoration They
| also snow some handsome imported English
| wall paper. with large designs in rich reds
greens and gold. carrying out the Beardsey
| idea. Embossed paper, in imitation of old
FIemlsh wood carving. is also popular
DAINTY conceits in soft tints, with wild
mower designs, are among the new ideas for
| bedroom wall paper. The two-toned effects
| are also much used.
AN EXQUISITE TAPESTRY DESIGN
An exquisite design in tapestry is called
| the Arms of the King" and is an exact
copy of a design by lie Brlm ordered and
| supervised by Louis XVI himself, and which
now hangs in the Tuilleries. In the center.
on the blue medallion, are the three feurs-
de-lys, the arms of the Bourbon Kings Of
France. Surrounding this are, in gold, the
collar of Saint Michael and the collar of the
Holy Ghost the two orders which the King
wore, and surmounting it the royal crown
of France. Underneath are crossed the
staff of state and the staff of church. the
whole posed upon a drapery of ermine the
back of which is blue. with fieurs-de-lys of
gold. Above all is the sunburst symbolical
cry. Of ermine, is supported by an architec-
tural design in gold, hung on each side of
which are trophies Of war. The main
groundwork of the tapestry is of rich red
over which hang garlands of flowers to con-
meet certain points in the design. The bor-
der of this tapestry is of gold to represent
an old gilded frame. Another wall hanging
is in a velvet figure on canvas another is a
heurs-de-ys pattern, and several conven-
tional designs are shown for the dining