Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-15
NEW CLOTHES FOR THE HOUSE
By Frederic ]. Haskin

At just this time OF year when the
house has to be done over for the Fall
the TO -dase d womad nan d hnds that the the
place of abode now change as rapidly
as those for her own person. Each
season son requires greater effort to keep
to have a set Of draperies for the winter
and another for the summer. Midsea-
s0a styles ds c66rg ling IN 6ewildderng
some women as to make their last
winters I;h, home draPIeries seem as a;othn. i'm
though the quality and material of
both be above criticism.
PapeGh1nigndg tS 1nd pSSin1ttng have
draperies with increasing frequency
within the last five years. The orders
for all four in a. single season are now
many times as heavy as they were a
few years ago. The smart shops show
their customers series or beautifully
coolred pictures depicting interiors in
which walls, draperies and woodwork
all blend into 'one harmonious sym
phony of color and design. The woman
who had merely intended to order fresh
templates these pictures and is lost.
She sees herself moving, gracefully
about in surroundings the like of which
had never before been presented to her.
Matched draperies and wallpaper pre-
sent an allurement even greater than
an imported gown; She gives the. order
on her husbands bank account.
American manufacturers have made
marvellous progress In the develop
within the single year which has elaps-
ed since the war lessened the importa-
tion of foreign goods. A number OF
brought into this country from France
and England. Their skill, combined
with machinery and an Increasingly
large number of new motifs, have re-
suited in rendering the drapery pro-
duction of this Fall the most elaborate
yet made in America. An exhibition
National Museum at Washington. under
the auspices of the American Fedora
tion of Art, prove. that these late pro-
ducts of the American looms will stand
close comparison with the costiiest
hanEings from the old European
castles.
Genuine Tapestries
Genuine French tapestries as we'll as
reproductions are now being manufac-
tured in this country by colony OF
grated to Williams sbridge,a small village
in New York, a few years ago. They
bS9s w9Ekpg ftss TeoSSeiy Seiyy ths
cities noted for their fine weaving
Every, man in the colony is weaver
by inheritance, having followed the
trade of his ancestors for centuries.
The Williamsbridge tapestries are iden-
tical in quality and texture with those
made in France century ago. Many
of the weavers are still working upon
designs inherited from their ancestors.
Another tapestry weaving center in
this country which is producing goods
of rare quality is connected with the
Vanderbilt estate at Biltmore. n. c.
This work had it's beginning with the
Boys Club and other welfare work in
augurated by George Vanderbilt in
1904 for the young people in the ad-
jacent mountains. At first their pro-
duct was crude, and only Mt for sale at
bazars or to tourists. But better work
and finer materials have been combined
recently so that the textile products of
the Biltmore settlement are now COM
manding recognition for their artistic
value.
The progress made in American tap
estry manufacture is being demonstrat-
ed at the San Francisco Exposition,
where the exhibition of textile weav-
ing is the finest yet assembled In the
world. The largest tapestry ever made
in this country was completed for this
exhibition. 1t Is a reproduction OF the
large painting, Westward the Star of
Empire Takes Its Way" executed for
the National Capitol half century ago.
Weavers Branching Out
American tapestry weavers are
branching out into original designs. In
stead of slavishly copying the old pas