The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-16

room, library or living room with or With
out trimmings. Some mad0 up postiSre'
Of antique canvas have Q sixteen tnoh deeI
border across the bottom .whlch alnnos
doubles their COST and which might eea!b
be achieved By sven . novice ct needle
This border consists Of four or Nv
triangular pieces OF the same materia
but different oolors overlapping and 90
on DO that the upper edge presents o sertet
Of points. The edge OF each segment II
finished with q narrow round oord thu
color Of the curtain. In set q PfSr
antique oanvas, the border consisted Of
trtangles Of red, gray and green. In an.
other set Of green the. same decoratior
In terra GOTTA, ecru and blue crossed thu
portiAre about eighteen inches above the
lower edge. A stenoillsd varicolored five
inoh wide border trims the front edgs
these portteres lower In price.
A good point about the mercerized
tapestry suggested BY the decorator Y
that Il Ia easily matched In pattern with
Inexpensive grades Of madras for window
curtains. Awhols Q family OF madras
t presented TO shopper, this season. In
Guiding varieties ont q the common an.
qualify Il adorned With irregular shaped
Insertions Of bAok lace about nve inches
or 80 In. diameter placed perhspe eigh-
teen inches apart: quarter kch length
wise stripes Of black laos ak OF seven
inches apart are ALSO included.
case. pattsrned wifh sI1 inoh squares
Of cream color madrss, . good imitation
Of Met hos. These are inserted every
twelve inches or %.
Marrow oblonss and. small disos Of
bright green touched With red sfbesnAte
In tho pattern Of q linen color medrss.
and these are merely indicative; There
senting new color schemes. All Of them,
ss we'll, as many ooaTsor vki.aes % mS5.
ras, are o used for portiAres a. well
a. window curtains.
YES, porderes.' tho dealer repeated.
going on TO explain that In the latter
case an interlining Of heavy sstesn, come.
the pattern Of the madras. Is put between
two Lengths OF the madras with the lower
edges left open to prevent wrinkles.
This gives stability to The portAro with
out destroying It's dainty appearance.
Window draperies to match arc some
times treated in tho same way. especially
window. Varieties Of the mower iash
pstterns, are Also draped ct doors and
windows interlined ~ described.
Curtains called novelty 6sh net. but
unlike ordinary heh not, are among b
very prettest draperes peculiarly sppro-
Highly deooratiye they are low In psfcs.
One design oonsists o. alternate stipss
Of pale Blue, silly looking 0snd.tra1s-
parent material and kcyu lapo, h4Ieftsg
showing . blue leaf hsgs anl tAsrV. 1hs
blue strips 10 o1e and . hak inches Wids.
the other les than q inOh wide. Tho
sane ds.asn .d !. 1h0 ~ e E.Ss .hou. o,.
yard vide finished ON Other dds with q
border and designed especially for window
curtains ID Q newcomer among the fahfioo,
selling for from 2s'osnts 70 50 cents yard.
All the art colorS ara reproduced In this
scT!m. which 10 ofnamented with con-
venaonai designs. oolongs; rrns. IT.
ing or contrasting color. like terra Gotta
on brown or eoru,. dark blue on pale blue;
and green, red. blue. old rose on cream
color.
Heavy gray Aberdeen linen fifty inches
wide is q popular drsPery with women
who like to takS . hand ~ decorating their
preferred to the regular linen COLOR. delft
blue being the next most popular sh4do.
This material Ii used for ~portiAres. for
windows. couch covers, window boxes,
and the ornamental scheme includes
appliques Of bright color cut from plain
or lowered oretonne or linen print-Japa-
neee ~oretonnes which include birds Of
paradise and peaoooks are much favored
Tor this purposs-and transferred to the
linen and outlined with o fine white braid
or chain stitch.
For the living rooms and dining rooms
OF some country houses there 10 Q DISPOSE
ton just now, q decorator said, TO use
cotton corduroy for window seats matched
with cotton vslours portiAres. both ma
ts,isis sanding hard vssr and costing
fades q tribe, which makes It look twice
az good, the decorator said, or more like |
the duller tones reproduced only in the |
qualities. An alternative to the
velours portieres is portieres Of coarse
skih silk, with window curtains to match. |