Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-24
CIR ETONN E.
Rooms Are Made Gay and Attractive
by This Beautiful Material.

French CretOnneS, costing more than
silks. are included in this seasons eX-
hlbltS of drapery cottonS, which now
take up mere space than ordinarily
in the upholstery sections of house
furnishing shops. The varieties Of ere
tonnes are unusually many. simply
because the vogue of this fabric makes
necessary hundreds OF patterns and an
elastic scale OF prices
At one place eretanne claSSed as
representing the William and Mary
period is enticinglv shown drapiug IA
four-poSed mahogany bedstead. The
fabric which is n inches wide. cost
81 a yard, and is used for a top ana
bottom valance, curtains and counter
pane. The colors are Variegated dull
blues on Il white ground. and the de-
signs. uniting conventional figures and
scrolls. are large and bold.
a salesman told customer who
was investing in 35-cent eretonne and
asked curiously, Does any one buy
such expensive cretonne?" that the
1915 a yard double width imported
cretonnes We're first rate sellers. being
used throughout room. including
even hat boxes. screen and tea tray.
Larger patterns and rich colors give
the keynote TO the latest designs in
almost all grades, but III the highest
priced there are exquisite one tone and
two tone cretonHtS OF French design
to offset the Oriental magnficenCc of
the others. An example is pale gray
sprayed every T. inches or so with
small pink blossoms in wreath effect.
4 dan spr jc cip,ila RI "a
with roses of deeper pink \ pearl
gray is Well covered with a conven-
,ional design showing only various
tones of pinkish mauve, and the
sam" background is sprayed with
lunches of lilacs of natural tint.
One OF the most remarkable designs
in the higher grade cretonneS has q
pale ecru ground patterned with ir-
regular vines of small deep pink roses
and green leaves broken every Il inch
es OF so with Il l2-inch oval represent
ing woodland scene done in shaded
brown tints only. These ovals in ef-
feet suggest insets of tapestry.
one of the most stylish Of the large
! patterns, two-toned. double-width ere.
F.. tonnes. las a cream ground covered
1 WIN Nii'i IoStS Oh tIf1tlHdl
beauty color. upright, dropping, over.
/ tapping i'll riot of luXuriancc. The
| same idea is carried out in huge
i green leaves shadinG to brown.
/ Designs in marked color contrasts
! lean toward OriCrtal effect Some ara
! large and irregular. after the style oi
! the japanese. combining the conyen-
: tional and the floral: others combn-
! ing four or five small designs, eacl
giving prominence to different color
the Whol" blending in a Persian colon
J scheme on notified green back
ground. These tropical designs an,
GtherS still more gorgeous. and from
one point of view still more stylish
may be had in single-width cretonnc>
selling for 81 cents Il yard.
According to a leading upholstcrcr
the newer cretonnes, to get the prope,
effect. must be used literally. not i,
detached bits. To illustrate his mean
! ing. he showed two bedroom set,
ready to 60 out. Each included on
! of the hat box bureaus or frames. TIL,
frame of each was white enamelet
wood. one being - inches square ant
about 40 inches tall holding three ha
| boxes, one above the other; the sec
ond shaped like an ordinary sizet
dresser, the upper tWo-thirds divided
into two Nat boxes. the lower thir,
consisting Of one hat box.
In both STYLES all the boxes Were
covered with cretonnc, as was the tol
Of the bureau, which was then pro
tected with a glass
Besides the hat box each suite in
Guided two window seat boxes, a fou
leaf screen. one low round chair o
seat without back. one upholstere,