New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-18
pFVIVAI Of THE BRIGHTLY DEMURE VICTORIAN HONE
Needle POM
and Bead Work Form
the Keynote of Fash
iondbLe Furnishing

the period, the only false note being the teIe.
phone instrument, which stood on the round
centre table cheek by jowl with a portfolio in.
laid in tortoise shell and mother-of-pesrl
snuffboX
Everything but the haircloth furniture and
the Rogers group" remarked.
II often use haircoth." answered the baron.
but usually in cream color, which is very sA
and lovely. The Rogers group however, is o.
a much later period, the u. S. Grant or Early
Pullman. have heard it called. A very, very
ugly period, which will never be revived Here
is another room furnished in the same style
II was even daintier and cosier than the
first. The walls were covered with chintz bu.
without a border, and. instead Of the plain
gimp covering the Jennings there we're two
rows of tiny white ball fringe, with narrow
green gimp in between.
The over draperies at the window were Of
the same heavy red silk, with a valance cut in
a pointed pattern, each point having a design
worked in needle point in shaded gray beads
The under draperies were of cream white
gauze with narrow gauzc ribbon, with tiny
red edge, shirred in rows along the edges
There were flowers (this time Of painted metal
in the same soft colorings) on the mantel and
little side table, more candeabra and lamp;
and really lovely pair of green and gold vases
on the mantel. As in the first room, we were
surrounded by needlcpoint on chairs, pillows
fire screens.
Busy little bees, indeed. were the dsmses
"who shed their peaceful influence, and 50 o.
as Cooley so beautifully expresses it!
Baron de Meyer showed Us a number Of %
chintzes of American make which he had CO..
lected, and which were quite equal in design
and coloring to the modern European fabrics.
Several of these had background of the soft
cinnamon brown which was very fashionable
in our grandmothers' time.
"Do you really believe that people will 90 in
for this style Of decoration?' | asked. There
is such prejudice against it,"
Il am sure of it," Baron dc Meyer replied.
81 have gone through all the periods Of house
decoration. | have lived in Italian rooms, in
Jacobean rooms, in Chinese rooms, in Adam
rooms, and so on. To me the Early Victorian
room is the most satisfying Of them all, and
am waiting to see how soon other people will
feel the same. People come here and like the
rooms, but as yet few have the courage 70
follow my example. But it is sure to come
From Fifty second street we went to ss'
eral Of the other decorating shops on the scent
for the Early Victorian. Everywhere there
was needle point, and Victorian vases ant
other pieces of Victorian brc-a-brac were yerl
much in evidence, and occasionally We found
the old draw-in rugs and pieces Of furniture
in rosewood or walnut; but these were few and
far between.
1t was interesting, however, to see the ~
fuence of the Early Victorian period IN some
of the modern articles in these shops, parH"
ularly in the pictures, which are so very popr
lar just now, the fiat set patterns OF no"tls
painted in the Futurist style-they fairly reeA
of the Early Victorian influence.
USED WITH DISCRETION, 1T IS BEAU
TIFUL
If used with discretion and good taste tneN
is no reason why the Early Victorian ROE
should not be as attractive and as llyaoe .
the Chinese or the Directore, or any otheI
the periods of interior furnishings when are
vogue just now. There are many varieties S''
notifications Of this style.
Take the walls, for instance; they w
rarely covered with chintz in the OLD cay
They were more often painted IN PLAIN neuIS
tone, with a stripe Of some contrasting CIV
down the corners and across the top ana ~
tom. Oftener still they were papered' ul'
was favorte color. This sometimes hso
design in Grecian borders, giving the ehes'
panels, or sometimes 1t was .marKed 0"
squares like blocks of stone H..
The floor coverings of the period were ' o..
elaborate in design and crude in color Do d.
there were copies Of AubusS0n rugs ID p..i
sells carpet, which were very interesting -.
other designs less conspicuous, IN "h lS ,ss,
metrica figures and conventional nouns
used. .,
Reproductions Of the Early Victorian y,
and chintzes are beginning to be seen ~ ~
more select shops; copies, some Of tnem' ="
old American prints. $1,000. ,.r
All these things-wall paper cnlnl1es 80
pets and furniture-can easily De fePiv. s,l
but where is the supply OF needle pm ron.
embroidery and artificial flowers 10 CONN I,rpk
There surely aren't enough OF the ola 70 ' .ass,
the demand. and can you imagine the M
tieth century maiden sitting calmly a. 4
home that sacred residence. designed -
vine goodness for the happiness OF w" VIZ IN
patiently embroidering chair seats az, surr
screens, while her sisters, cousins anu srar
march by with bands playing ana sun
banners flying in the breeze! fhs Eah!
Let them revive everything else OF ue M
Victorian period. but thank goodness I'D,
Early Victorian woman can never NC
tated
(It would be impossible on thus page IN
produce the delicate. splnding l"H.,k thG
sac