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ture, as, in the grade of cloth used for carriages, its colors 

 are more durable than those of French and German man- 

 afature. High colors in American carriage cloths will not 

 stand the sun. 



The most elegant material for coaches is " coteline," a 

 silk and cotton fabric, the best of which is made at Tours, 

 in France. The greater portion of that impoited to this 

 country is made at Lyons, and it is inferior in quality to 

 that made at Tours, — the colors being bad, and wearing 

 badly. These goods are well adapted to warm latitudes, as 

 they do not, like cloths, harbor moths. AVhen style and 

 elegance are chiefly desired, these goods are the most satis- 

 factory; and when durability alone is consulted, cloth is best. 



For stuffing seats and backs, nothing but the best curled 

 hair should be used. If hair of inferior quality be mixed 

 with it, it will breed vermin, especially in damp situations. 

 Curled hair keeps the seats elastic. 



HINTS ON COLORS. 



A carriage body painted green should never be lined or 

 trimmed with blue, — it produces a disagreeable effect. 

 Drah, crimson^ brown and clarets, harmonize well with green 

 painting. 



Blue bodies should never be trimmed with green. Drab 

 and blue, and blue and grey, harmonize with blue bodies. 



Claret or Lake bodies may be trimmed with almost any 

 color, — blue being the least desirable. 



Carpets should harmonize in color with the trimmings, 

 — as for instance : 



Blue linings require blue and claret, blue and grey, or 

 two shades of blue in the carpet. Ked is objectionable. 



Drab linings look best with blue crimson or green car- 

 pets. 



