The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
USE TAPESTRY
PAPER AND BRIG A-BRAC
Being in Picture Patterns These Rich Wallpapers Are
Not Backgrounds on Which to Hang Pictures. but
These May Be Arranged Against the Lo,v Plain
Wainscoting, Being Fastened Flat Instead of Hung.
II HE use of tapestry papers as ar

ITHE use Of tapestry papers as an
i Il. upper third decoration over plain
i side wall is pretty sure to become
more general as people become better
acquainted with the value of this meth
I'D off treating a room, says the Ideal
HOUSES, a new magazine on house dec
prating. Broadly speaking, the tapestry
paper does not belong in a room where
pictures are to be hung, for tapestry
IS in itself a picture, and to hang a
painting over it is an incongruity. But
With an upper third Of tapestry paper
pictures may be very properly used, for
hey can and should be hung low enough
center in the lower third. The habit
If hanging pictures so high that they
ire what an artist calls "sl1ied' is
soing. out. The proper place for pic
ure is "on the line,'' if it is good
picture, and if it is not good picture
here is no proper place for it except the
'econd-hand store.
{ There is one sort Of tapestry paper,
however, over which it is quite allow
sble to hang pictures. This is the sort
hat has very small design, and that
rather simple weave effect than an
lttempt at an elaborate tapestry.
And while on this subject we have
7 uggestion to make for room deco
z ated with Flemish tapestry paper. 1t
is that the pictures be framed in Elem
.tsh oak to match the woodwork and
astened fiat against the wall, instead
IF hung from a molding and the tapes
ry border run around the frame.
+ For a room done in flemish oak or
he deep tones of an old Dutch interior
liver and gold are quite inappropriate.
even a gilded picture frame forms an
unpleasant spot in such room: By far
he best effect can be had by using
brightly polished brass and copper, and
'uring some beautiful pieces in antiques;
" limitations Of antiques. A shelf
With q number of brilliant vel
ow brass tankards, bowls or plates,
With one or two bright copper-red pieces
.@cattered among them, is Joy to the
eye in a dark flemish interior. If sill
ger is used it should be old, at least in
appearance, with the dark color that
ime gives to the recess Of the design.
$hould be enlivened by a bit of bright
copper here and there. If gold picture
frames are used they should be antiqued.
IFake run thru any collection of old pic
lures and you can get some idea of the
Ealue of gold as it is deadened by time.
\ Keep black out of Louis rooms. In
such rooms flemish oak and copper are
Il III dDOHlluaGlOu. Inc gOlQ SuOulu De DIS
bright as gold leaf can be FURNISHED for
Louis XIV. and at least free from the
touches of age in Louis XVI. rooms.
Il A little bric-a-brac well chosen is bet
Ter than much poorly chosen. With all
lue respect to good old custom, Christ
mas is to be blamed for more unsightli-
ness in the average home than any other
R,ause. "For the sake Of the giver' is
made the excuse for many decorative
atrocities; ''dear friends with miser-
.lble taste and the best. intentions in
She world send around remarkable col
lection Of junk during holiday time, and
common decency forces the recipient to
give it standing room for awhile.
Blessed, indeed, is the parlor maid who
H,nnihilates some of the gift vases and
plaques. The woman with many friends
should have a "present'' room, into
which these odds and ends of decorative
,rrors could be put and kept.