The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-09
NEW DESIGNS SEEN
IN WALL PAPERS
Manufacturers Are Onering MANY
Novel Patterns for the Coming !,
Season,


that have taken place IN American
manufacturing methods in tho iaskv
few years has to do with the walfs
paper industry. Here. under me
stimulus of a constant demand on 1ne~8
eart-ef tho public for more artlstio-
home decorations, the manufacturers
from year TO year have been letting
themselves out. until today they ara
Offering wall papers that not only
shame those OF q decade ago In oe-.as
sign and colorinE, but which represent
marked improvement in the printing
and other mechanical work OF the
industry. NJ
Particularly attractive are the pa
pers that have recently been shown tox
the wholesale trade here. and which (
will find their way to the retail snope4s
in the course. Of the next few months.
One of the best posted men IN fhos
local trade has outlined the xmas oIss
papers included in these offerings and
the WAYS in which some of them ara.
produced. W
The changes In wallpaper stylea,~
from season to season." he said. revss
fleet the changing taste of the pubiic-s
throughout the country, for III prtn8r.ss
/ ing out the new lines the Manufacture
ers put their principal efforts into th1
kins of designs, coloringsI and effects
which the public has shown its ap-~
: proveI of during the preceding season.
J The progress is due to the fnitiativ4-
of manufacturers who endeavor to i'm
I prove these types of wall paper ana
who incorporate in their lines each i
season a number of designs of an un--s
familiar character. Wall papers OF
the latter class are introduced expert..s
mentally for their educational valuS
and to give an element of novelty to
! the lines.
During the last few seasons papers
| that have had patterns Of sufficient
character to make the wall interesting
without the help of borders steadily
] have grown In favor. Designs of this
type particularly in the thirtg-inch
width, are more In evidence In the
new seasons lines than ever before.
These papers have overcome the last
traces of the prejudice that existed In q
| the minds OF many persons against.
/ patterned wall papers-a prejudIce
/ that had it's origin a score or more
years ago In the revolt against the
assertite. gandy patterns IN vail ~
per that were very common at that
time.
The patterned wall papers of this
! present dav vary greatly from the oD-s
/ iectfona bic ones Of q few years aga
for the designs, though often large tn
scale, are well drawn and SO worked
out that no one feature OF the pat
/ tern comes into undue prominence.
/ Furthermore. they are printed In.
quiet coiors and are toned down IN
most instances into a fabric effects.s
! Wall papers of this kind do not
crowd into the room or offend the.
sensitive eye They do not reduce the
apparent size OF everk sTlafi robIitssss
and they make wall coverings that Y
/ are both interesting and restful
! In these papers the design usually
shows a mass of verdura we'll diSfrt-
huted. Flowers are frequently intro~-.
! duced into the design and sometimes
birds appear among the foliage. OFT
en- a landscape is seen at intervais-.
! through a vista of foliage. The Style
of drawing Is like that of the designs.
at present favored in printed linens.
cretonnes, and verdure tapestries. =
| In papers OF this class, 1t may
i truly be said, the advance over last
years styles has been very great. for
though the patterns are largelE or
the same general type, the paper1~
: have been given much richer texture
Z effects by the elaboration of the pro-
cesses OF yer-printing with fabriG-
weaves ind .embnssing in weave ef-s
fects h5 III cans of cylinders that car
ry color into the ndentations of the
enclosing. These processes, though
not new In themselves, have this sea-
son been combined in new and verY-
! effective ways. This Improvement fS4-
i most clearly seen IN the case OF de-
signs that, having won special favor
/ last season, have been retained In the.
new lines and brought out In the new
manner.
! Many Of the new designs show an 1
Improvement in composition, In cofor~-v
ing, and in the handling of tones. Ths
newer tendency in the design OF these !
papers is indicated by the presence
4 of a number OF patterns which stIOw~s
! branches of trees in Indefinite sill
houette, suggesting the Japanese me- Il
thod OF rendering designs OF this kind 4
i Distinctly novel are the papers that
4 stimulate hand steReliae- a. rauEA--.
cast plaster wall with all the richneaas
of texture and warmth OF tone charac-.
teristic Of such surface and with the
/ freedom and irreguiaritv of line ana
color to which much of the charm ofM
hand work is due. ssAss
Engraved papers--those prfnteds
from engraved cylinders--have come
TO the front very strongly in the last.
few years, and large percentages Of
decorative hangings for the new sea.
son are made by this method. A PROF.
cess of photosengraving that has pre-
viously been employed In printing!
wall papers In varied tones Of one
color has been developed so great1y*
since last season that some paper1r
were shown at the recent convention&
printed by this process In several col~ss
ors and innumerahle tones. The rrost8
remarkable of these was Il verdur0y
design I'm which flowers, foliage ana
birds We're Incorporated all renderedS
in subdued- shades Of the natural cnlA4
! ors, rs IGN
Large and small scale designs I'm
the historic period styles. simplihed&S
by printing In fat tones, are amoHKM
the other interesting papers in theS
5new productions n
"A no city IN striped paners In onAe
that shows series OF silver bloom efSA
fects Typical of this class is paper
which shows one-inch stripes in 4d31*
tones of gray. brown, and Ivory, anil
which has while overprint OF brQk ~
cross-hateh lines that produces the efTT
feet OF soft haze. ]. Ssss
/ The remarkable vogue for cutr0x&3
borders continues and the new deAfsMG4
show many novel Ideas and a freA}{N3
ness of treatment that should tend KIN
fnereasA their use. Among the mo-
ifnteresak of these BORDERS Ii nv -
which shows a Japanese iandNrnHx
alternating with a floral motif kk&S