The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-24

stance. the preferred foyer. or rather
s main entrances hall. OF New York d rich.
Is Italian marble.
Now, Carrara marble Is anything
but cheap. At the same time. it is fur
from SNOWY. The entrance hall of q
new house built last summer in one Of
the Sixties. alone cost $4,000.
The noor and most of the wallis are
Of Carrara. The furniture includes >
carved table and settee OF the same
stone. 1t is very beautiful and very
ineonspieuous.
"A foyer we are now at work on is
wainscoted four feet high with Carrara
marble, and above that the wall is coy
cred with Pompeiian-red leather. A
handsomely carved high back seffee
chair and table of mahogany are the
furnishings. The design really belongs
TO the French Renaissance. but a lady
. TO whom showed 1t called 1t Colonial
'sIn dining rooms. libraries and bill
Hard rooms the growing popularity OF
plain effects is perhaps even more no.
ticeable than in drawing rooms. For
instance, / fitted ap library not long
ago for a millionaire, almost entirely
in green velvet.
THE ceiling was perfectly plain, tint
ed pale cafe-au-lait shade; the walls
were upholstered in green velvet. the
portieres and curtains were also Of vel
vet. the floor was covered with a plain
green velvet CARPET.
There was not a flower pattern nor
a conventional design OF any sort in
sight There We're some quaint high
backed Gothic seats and some comfort
able lounging chairs in the room. the
upholstery of which was also green.
His billiard room was almost aus
tere, although wonderfully artistic. The
walls were panelled with plain brown
leather, the wainscoting was Of dark
oak and there We're brown leather
chairs; and a rug of the same shade.
woven to match, almost covered the
floor The hangings were of brown
plush.
Occasionally / fit up a dining room
with white wainscoting-ind
taste must be catered to aIways--but
for the greatest part among the more
artistic. and less wealthy. as well as
among the very opulent, the dining
room fitted with a beamed ceiling OF
Flemish or English oak or e5ireassian
walnut or ordinary walnut with a four
foot wainscoting to match, has the
preference. A decoration of tinael,
gold effect. Is introduced as general
thing between the beams TO accent the
crossed effect. but there is little or no
II did a dining room last week in
panels of blue leather above a wain-
scoting of English oak, and the chairs
were upholstered in the same leather
Not long ago very snowy. illuminated
leather was very popular for wall COW
erfng in dining rooms, but IL has lost
favor
painted tapestries used as panels
and to cover the walls solidly are bet
ter liked. as well as hand fooled leather
and plain leather. Hand fooled leather
is very costly and also very beautiful
and is more often used for furniture
covering than to upholster walls The
fine gold patterns worked into It are
a relief without being so gaudy as the :
illuminated designs.
I'm the newer private dining rooms
in New York the sideboard. serving
table, and china closet all match the
woodwork of the room. Consequently
there is complete harmony. Harmony
is the main idea rather than that there
shall be several thousand dollars worth
Of covering in evidence
As matter of fact, many of these
sideboards are works of art. So are
some of the tapestries hung upon the
wallis which are worth fabulous sums
the general tone Of The
costliest of these dining rooms is quiet
s.,The snowy, gilt window cornicesy
mirror frames and curtain supports.
once so fashionable, have disappeared
Curtains and portieres now hang from
supports that are almost hidden.
AS a part OF the general scheme OF
harmony. lace curtains have gone too
Only the panel curtain hanging straight
down against the glass is row used in
rooms of state, with the heavy cur
La1ns of broeade, tapestry or velvet. as
The case may be, next the room. This
IS certainly more dignified If not more
beautiful.
ssof course, there is more liberty TAX
IN with sleeping rooms. Even there.
however, / find plain effects much In
demand Nowadays we tint bedroom
walls much oftener than We paper
hem, and the inexpensive qualities OF
Drocade in stripes and small patterns
IRE more IN. demand than either timing
II paper for this purpose.
Nearly every house has one or Two
,oorls upholstered IN cretonne-not the
BEST rooms, though.
AS d result of fashions change In
avor of simpler and quieter effects In
louse furnishings, it is now quite pos
ibie for people in very moderate cir
to duplicate in compaFa-
lively inexpensive materials some of
he costliest rooms IN New York. And
hey do One sees this every day IN
he studios of professional people who
ave the advantage Of visiting from
iTna to time the first class houses
In regard to the vogue OF Aubusson
apestry, despite its lofty prices. it is
earned that there is one firm of art
ecorators in Fifth avenue which makes
on the premises. Last fall it inn
orted two F'renchmen skilled In the
TT of making tapestry and placed q
Dom at their disposal. Here they set
p their loom. wound bobbins and
Larted to make, stitch by stitch and
leh by inch, a fabric which, 81 spite
its modest appearance. IS nearly
orth its weight in gold.