The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-24
FAIRYLAND MADE
BY FURNISHINGS
Barnard, Sumner & Putnam Com
pany Display Up-to- Date Up
hoIStery and Draperies in a
Novel Manner

To the visitor nowadays the uphols
terry and drapery department of tbs
Barnard, Sumner & Putnam Company
which occupies the entire second floor
of the big establishment, seems sort
of fairyland. The department is so ar
ranged that several pretty rooms ap-
pear to lead off from 1T, as for in
stance, a dainty reception room in
white and green, and handsome din
! ing room in Flemish oak.
In these are selected pieces from the
rich display of furniture seen through
out the department which, in its en-
tirety, is probably not equalled in New
England.
There is a desire to linger in the
pretty reception room where a null
lioned window is artistically draped af-
ter the bonnie femme style with hang
ings in Arabian work and sweeping
folds of velvet
Another window is hung with white
muslin and French cretonne. The
walls of the reception room are COW
cred with MORE green stripe.
The dining room walls are covered
with MORE silk in a dark cerise tone.
A vase of Italian bronze in striking
proportion stands on the table of
Flemish oak. In contrast to the large
vase are several ideal bits of ware with
a French flame finish in green and in
digo with a touch of violet red. These
are seen in tulip like vases, pitchers,
ETC.. and are wonderfully colored.
A handsome set of furniture in
weathered oak seen in the department
would be just the proper thing in the
modern dining ROOM or English halls.
Noticeable is a chair with pigskin back
and cushioned in soft tones of brown
and green. There are also finely exc
cuted bits of burnt wood work. the
fashionable fad of the hour.
There are no poles reaching ceiling
ward on this floor on which to show
hangings, etc, and, at the same time,
obscure or darken ones point of view.
Instead the firm has invented a display
rack of gun metal which may be en-
larged at will and is not too high. 1t
takes up little room. Its base is fash
toned neatly in scroll work and the
rack adds to, rather than detractinS
from. the plan of this department.
The visitor becomes interested at
once in the counters with roll back
arrangement which are used to hold
carpets and other goods sold on this
floor In the commodious interiors of
the slightest dust. The rolltop desk
has long held its place in the economy
of office furniture, and now the roll
counter serves its own purpose as
similar saver of space.
AS one strays about the department
among the pretty things, a sudden
charming sound falls upon the air. In
vestigation proves this to come from a
big carved clock of Flemish oak, stand
ing in a corner, yet commanding adj
miration by its beauty of carving, its
tone and general appearance. Its
chimes are modelled after those of
Westminster and is worth visiting even
on that account alone
Among the several groups into
which the furniture display is con-
veniently divided one sees a Martha
Washington book table. quantity sug-
costing bygone days; a Virginia hall
seat of the sort that Janice Meredith
might have sat in; and many other
odd and elegant pieces.
Before leaving, ones eye is attracted
by a set of muslin curtains with coll
ored borders which are new and I'M
common, and which, with proper treat
ment, would lend themselves exquisite
ly to some dainty suite.
1t is almost with a sigh that one
turns away from such loveliness in art
(for such loneliness is art) but after a
parting look at an Oriental arrange
ment that makes a cosy corner which
is movable, as the cushioned seat and
hangings are SO arranged as to be
portable, the tour of the department is
ended. yet not complete and one car
ries away ideas of tasteful house fur
nishing that cannot fail to aid in max
ing home beautiful