New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-08
STYLES IN DRAPER1ES.
SOME RECALL THE PAST. AND ALL HAVE
A CHARM OF THEIR OWN.
SUGGESTIONS ON THB ARRANGEMENT OF BED
ROOM FURSTTURE-FAsHIoN IN LACE
cURTA1Ns-coLoR SCHEMES.


Every home-naFer knows the value OF fresh
draperies in carrying out harmonious schemes OF
color This season a remarkable abundance OF
beautiful designs and unusual variety OF text
ures mark this department OF household art The
range is in fact 90 complete that It covers every
degree OF expense and meets every fancy
The popular colonial red is peculiarly rich IN
woo-and-linen material with a sefwove pattern
Wool tapestries and OF their cotton imita-
tions make an interesting hanging FOR doorways.
being almost reversible and OF good designs The
printed veveteens and cotton pushes. when well
made up with a lining and interlining give great
deal OF expression to the windows Of a room. In
plain colors mfy always find the right tning
in velour In the silk linen fax. according TO the
amount one wishes 10 expend This Is the most
durable OF the plain hangngs and Will never go OUT
Of style. Terry cloth. in the few shades IN "h'ch
Il is made IL a handsome material, and the wool
and cotton reps repeat its appearance at less cos
Raedad portieres have been rendered common by
cheap limitations in which the stripe effect is
given in one piece Ar original scheme is TO select
1ust the single stripes one wishes Tor the Color
effect and sew these together at home Inc Ia
mascus portieres edged with fringe are 1rcsh IN
color but exacting in their surroundings Cotton
arnures and cotton goods woven In wool patterns
arA extensively manufactured now, their cnarac-
terisios being their Responsiveness and beauty Oh
tone In old blues. old reds. browns, gray eree"s'
this ma teral Is surprisingly artistic
The Gorak silks that are put UP IN dress 'e"Su''
are well suited for window drapng, and are charm
ing for short curtains over open bookshelves pam
India and China silks have their place among the
fine silk draperies. and the wash silks can DE-
adapted successfully II just the right choice DC
made
The costumes OF Eastern women. natives OIL D7'''
and other cities are brought here in pieces ana re-
made into window hangings and porueres' mn
Oriental embroideries are also adapted III 'lo a''0
wav with particularly effective results
Agra linens In a fine and coarse weave are uio
best plain-colored materials for summer MONIES,
gastea denims and art ticking are less ueSI' anu
answer seasons wear creditably. The snowy pat
terms produced this season in the art TICKING sus-
eest this material as a rival for cretonne better
name for the former would enhance It's interest
10 those ignorant Of It's real beauty. Maqras gu
tains or The yard goods nave ave ba n rnowfake and
Antioch become more popular inc T pfste noint Re
naissance Arabian and others, will never ns 1he
placed from the formal drawing rooh' hem into
harmony with dark furnishings.
COTTAGE DRAPER1Es.
spec,aI cottage draperies seem unlimited this
season They are IN ruffIed Swiss. ooooinet ana
muslin by the yard made up In regular lehs 'ns'
With white woodwork and kalsomined WALLS INC
dantiest window garb Is Of silkohne IN s'ra'sHI
folds that hang the window sill O"y -"
months wear can be guaranteed this very cheap
make us replacement a labor OF love. !,
In connection with the satisfaction mat can - "
ATTAINED from the simplest products OF inc looih
n presented In good cOlors and stamped WIN psaI
,iF,i natterns one NAV back 10 the fourtetiiti
and Afteenth centuries when velvet was used Win
such extravaganza in ltaly ina llS rs 49,
prohibited. The oak-branch designs were uhVe9
SALLY adopted and cut branches. the erlpItth -
The Burgundians IN their quarrel with orleans, ap,
reared in 1867 Applied embroidery AT TINS perIou
became prominent IN Tuscany. In the HitetilI u
and sixteenth centuries ReOmetrtcal designs Were
80 a. Ttaiv A hundred wears later the Venetian
patterns most sought for were the many lowered
or garden type. The passion Tor oulldlns PSSit
neated even the fabrics Of the time, ana archi,
tectural objects and monuments were introduced
In their designs. Under Louis XIV the french
people adopted the pastoral scenes.
IN TO the seventeenth century cotton materials
had been imported from India and china, but
serlv in this century a mandatory was estao-
lished in France Naturally the imported FABRICS
were repeated In home products. and AFTER LOUIS
XIV sent an embassy China the motives OF that
country became established.
BEDROOMS.
The eighteenth century marked decided chanse
in France IN the arrangement OF the bedrooms.
Lower ceilings and smaller spaces were substituted
for the apartments Of magnificent size. In ex-
change for the sumptuous upholstery OF velvets
and brocades. the linen and cotton bed and win
dow hanginss came into use and this general de-
mand was met ny A home mandatory. which
Oberka npf set up at Jouy in 1850 Heretofore the
cottons made In France had been merely stamped
in outline the coOrs being filled In by hand. Ober-
kampfs method Of printing In coors gave France
at once the lead IN cotton stuffs.
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