Evening journal., 1900-11-03
FROM WOMANS REALM

Of those Of you who are amateurs l am
going TO repeat some OF It.
In burnt wood the large pieces are
usually Of mahogany, oak or any other
hard wood. Pine contains too much
resin. The smaller articles. such as
pictures. stems. boxes and book covers,
are made of holly. Very often the de-
signs of these are tinted. and then COM
mon water color paints are used For
instance, q stein OF Eastwood is elabo-
rately carved aud burned. There is a
medallion of Bacchus surrounded by
design OF grapes and autumn leaves
which are tinted In duh reds and
greens. A book cover which Is q very
striking imitation of a medieval missal
is of holly carved in heraldic design
and touched here and there with a 1T
tie raw umber 10 give It richness OF
tone. The antique idea is heightened
by the book markers, which are made
of strips Of brown sacking, with heavy
red and gold seals.
A carved chest Is burnt aud inlaid
with leaf gold. 1t was made In the fol-
lowing way: First the outline of the
design was burnt In. Then Il was
brushed over with shellac. Then ii
was given a coat of oil size so that the
gold would stick. Then the gold leaf
was applied in n Moorish design. Iii
nally the whole surface was waxed 60
give it an old look.
a Turkish stool was burnt in an
outline pattern. and then arabesQues
were painted IN red, blue ana green
water color The outline kept the col
ors from running with the grain, as
they otherwise would. Among the lar
ger pieces about the studio was a panel
reaching from floor TO ceiling repre-
senting seventeenth century cavalier
J This was an exquisite piece of work
worth $780, reproduction OF one OF
Rembrandts portraits was done in
! Eastwood with a very heavily carved
frame and mural decoration. a
Boar Hunt" the original of wnicn was
exhibited in the Architecture league.
now decora,es Tie fireplace OF a
wealthy New Yorker.
81 do many decorations In carved
and burnt leather Also said FraO
Tromm, hut it is the Spanish leather
which is the craze az present. Span
ish leather, as It is called, is used fol
hangngs, wall paper, chair covers, cur
tains and cushions. The hide moroc
co or common sheep or calf skim:
first covered with gold or silver leaf
That is the first essential All Spanisl
painting must be done either on silvel
or on gold. Then the leather is toolet
that is to say, designs are hammered
upon it with steel tools of different pat
tcrns-stars. little parallel lines
squares. etc. There are l. of thesl
tools which come in the set. Then col
or is applled-oil color wherever th,
design seems 10 need it. A coat o
French varnlsh follows and last
light wash either Of umhcr or black &
give it the antique appearance"
A beautiful wall panel represents IN
head of the Brocklen Medusa on
background of hammered gold, wit
green and gold snakes creeping in AM
out of the dusky masses Of her hair.
A sheepskin dyed green IS worked in
to the resemblance Of an alligator skin
the central decoration being a heraldi
dragon in red and gold
A beautiful piece Of morocco whic
was imported at great cost from Eng
land is elaborately fooled in red am
gold and ornamented with the coat o
arms of a prominent family.
, A curtain by 80 Is made OF l
sheepskins dyed crimson and is burn
and painted with a design of lilies |
, green, silver and gold.
1t is fashionable TO have the walls q
/ an entire dining room decorated wit
this leather and the backs of the chair
, made TO match. A we'll known sOciet
woman has her dining room wainsco
cd I'm mahogany, the remaining spac
/ on the walls is filed by paintings q
Spanish leather, the background is 81
yer. and the hunting scenes are
! bright cOlOrs. The sideboard and tabl
{ are Of carved mahogany. and th
{ chairs have little hunting figures don
] on Spanish leather set into the back
There is nothing more fascinating
t the amateur than this work on WOO