The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-22
BEAUTIFUL FABRICS
HOR WALL COVERINGS
Red Crimson Velget Embossed Paper VIII Be n
SHINING Contrast to the Ig0yy Finish of a
ed Leather Makes n Rich and Substantial
Hall Treatment

Colonial interiors are quite as popu-
lar as colonial architecture and white
enamelled woodwork vies with beauti-
full woods in the more public rooms
of the house and is used very generally
in the chambers. One lovely Clifton
ing-room in the spring decorative
| changes. The walls are to be covered
with a wide striped paper reproducing
the erect OF crimson velvet and satin.
This is to be put on perfectly plain
with an ivory tinted ceiling and heavy
Icornlce molding, it's effect being depend
ent wholly on It's color and richness.
People decorating their own homes in
a permanent way are interested in MAX
ing them attractive and are employ
| ing fabrics more and more largely for
wall coverings. A beautiful house in
one Of the smaller towns Of the state
is being decorated by j. S. Bradstreet
in a series of beautiful schemes that
are very interesting as models of arts
tic taste and treatment.
The l1vlng-room is to be a sumptuous
I apartment IN scheme of delicate green.
The walls are covered with heavy
self-colored brocaded MORE with fres-
coed ceiling Of paler green having a
pattern of soft green's with touches
of old rose. The hangings are velour
a shade darker than the walls and the
/ Persian rug is woven in the. green's and
rose. Some of the chairs have crests
embroidered on them and are finished
oil, with a little rose colored plush
Other chairs are finished in an exquis-
/ lite satin brocade whose pattern Of red
begonla shows the flower in it's natural
rosy tints. The most beautiful indi-
v1dual feature is the electroliers whose
fixtures are reproductions of quaint
Italian pattern to fit into the general
| If bn ND
whose shades are favrile glass, toning
from warm yellow brown to dull bronze
blue, with exquisite iridescence. The
woodwork of this room is mahogany.
The fabric for the library walls is
patterned taffeta stuff in warm browns.
All OF the, hangingss. down stairs are
velours deepening little the main col
or of the walls and the rugs are woven
rooms. The library woodwork is deep
toned English oak,
On the walls of the hall is a. rich
green Spanish leather, lacquered all over
in bronze, giving varying color notes
between green and brown. This room
has frleze painted on IN lacquer and
a ceiling of bronze gold leaf The
heavy lines of the dining room walls
had deep old blue ground almost GOV.
cred by a tree pattern in browns and
greens. There is a paneled dado fol
TINS room.
One of the loveliest of the chambers
is done in Louis Seize style. The mer
cerized taffeta wall hangings are Gov
cred with a large and formal flower
pattern in which pink predominates
laid over a running conventional pat
tern of blue, the ground being ecru
The window draperies are Of blue MORE
and the bed covering is of taffeta, like
the walls.
Among the fabrics used for the walls
OF the bedrooms are a great variety OF
these lowered taffetas, chintzes, ere
tonnes and heavy cottons. These ma
terials are also used for draperies. and
bed coverings and upholstery. When
, this is done the walls are usually GOV.
cred with satin stripe paper. One I'M
usual room being done this spring has
for its draperies an upholstery pattern
Of most natural, looking ilacs and an
other will bloom with wisteria. AS a
rule, rooms in even the most delicate
purple shades are not liked, for these
colors are not generally becoming.
In the rich papers some of the finest
effects are given in the embossed vel
vet and embossed felt. These come in
strong, deep colors. Leather is imi-
tated in paper very successfully, and
the designs are fine. The patterns are
wholly conventional, sometimes heraldic
and both narrow borders for giving
paneled effects and deep frieze borders
accompany them.
VINES FOR DECORATIONS.
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