Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22
New style I'm wall paper.


10Y is now possible to initiate for
IAH nominal sum the wall coverings
HI and decorations Of the earlier
|64EESl days which rich Americans
kt duplicate at a cost Of large sums.
Il is no unusual thinB, says the New
York Sun, for $4,000 to be spent by New
Workers in decorating the walls Of a draw
ing room. on the other hand, It IL possible
by the aid Of the latest wall papers to get
a very pleasing imitation OF a $4,000 effect
for SEQ to $40 Carved wood. gold leaf APP
pliques, painted canvasses are all sug-
gested in the latest wall papers, the more
artistic Of which are designed 70 bring 70
the front panel effects Never before have
panel effects been 30 popular, not only in
drawing rooms, but in dining rooms and In
bedrooms. and It rests with the housekeeper
alone whether she shall have an ordinary
plain papered wall or a wall broken up by
oblongs Of contrasting paper into a very
pleasing copy Of a French or Italian salon
of the seventeenth or eighteenth century.
For a wall to be covered between ten
inch Dashboard and a moulding near the
ceiling with a long panelled effect the least
expensive method is TO cover the room
first with a. solid toned MORE paper and
then merely outline panels with six-inch
wide border representing a floral or con-
ventional design, the corners Of the panels,
of course being elaborated to give variety
TO the stiffness Of the pattern.
The widest Of the panels in one outlined
design Of pale gray MORE paper bordered
with pink roses and green leaves were about
twenty-five inches and the narrowest
panels between doors and windows about
fifteen inches. All the panels stopped
within six inches OF the moulding and the
same distance from the Dashboard and
were about eight inches apart in the wider
spaces of the room.
pale green wall with panels outlined
with darker green and gold, a yellow wall
outlined with brown. green and gold and
old rose outlined with white and gold were
among the most artistic combinations.
Next to this method the least expensive
way OF having a panelled room is to use
fabric paper for the panels; that is, paper Of
small, rich patterns either figured or
str1ped-preferably striped-cut out In
fancy designs at the corners. AS in the
case OF outlined panels, the room ts first
covered with plain paper and the panels
afterward applied.
An illustration of this sort of panel
was furnished by a Louis XIV fabric paper
of roses and bow knots on a plain cream
color foundation A more dignihed design
had panels in arabesque and scroll pat
stern OF copper color, gold and green on a
dull green foundation.
The panel designs this season are by no
means confined to long effects, many Of
them showing short, almost square panels
arranged above paper wainscoting, If 1t
may be called so, about twenty inches
wide above the Dashboard made of the
same paper as the panels. Occasionally
this wainscoting is one yard or more
deep. This idea is particularly appropri-
ate to dining rooms, with dark rich wall
papers taking the place of the lighter
colors preferred in parlors and bed
rooms.
Among the most attractive of the newer
nursery effects is a double frieze any
where from thirty to forty inches wide,
the lower edge of which is finished with q
shallow shelf of enamelled wood. The
lower half of the frieze nearer the shelf
is Of a plain paper, the upper half shows
fancy picture designs of animals, sport
ing scenes and clowns, or nature studies
of trees, mountains and rivers. A small
patterned paper Is generally used to cover
the wall below the frieze and the shelf
is used for pictures.
For sleeping rooms there is a new fash
toned boquet patterned. hand polished
paper which is one Of the most beautiful
seen in some time. The most artistic de-
signs have white background sprayed
with clusters of roses, lilacs, carnations
in Jorge boquet effects.
rival paper in style and price shows
no background whatever, the pattern be-
ing a compact mingling of foliage and
birds Of natural color. Although used tc
cover an entire wall. the most effective
arrangement of this grade paper is in the
form OF ss-inch deep frieze dropping
over a plain wall The frieze is moi
divided from the plain paper with 8
moulding, and its lower edge instead Ct
being straight is irregular, following the
line of flowers and foliage.
A new paper which is particularly APP
propriate for halls, libraries and dininl
rooms is called silk fibre and is heavier
and two inches wider than the averag,
paper. II is of solid colors only, and ye
It cannot be called perfectly plain, Xix,
cartridge paper. for example, because o.
notified effect which gives sort o.
simmer to the surface. The dark browns
and golden browns, the deep reds and tn,
foliage greens are particularly desirabl,
In this paper, which also may be had il
all the lighter oolors.