﻿May, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  189 
  

  

  The 
  draperies 
  for 
  the 
  downstairs 
  rooms 
  require 
  more 
  

   thought 
  and 
  care. 
  Portieres 
  lined 
  or 
  interlined 
  of 
  velour, 
  

   velvetine, 
  or 
  silk 
  tapestry 
  are 
  always 
  in 
  good 
  taste 
  and 
  ap- 
  

   propriate 
  for 
  a 
  handsomely 
  furnished 
  room, 
  or 
  for 
  the 
  

   simplest 
  style 
  of 
  decoration. 
  If 
  the 
  walls 
  are 
  figured 
  it 
  is 
  

   best 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  relief 
  of 
  plain 
  hangings 
  and 
  vice 
  versa. 
  

  

  The 
  crinkled 
  tapestry 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  newer 
  fabrics, 
  and 
  is 
  

   sometimes 
  shot 
  with 
  another 
  color, 
  giving 
  an 
  iridescent 
  

   effect 
  which 
  is 
  very 
  pleasing. 
  The 
  hardest 
  thing 
  to 
  find 
  is 
  

   an 
  inexpensive 
  drapery 
  heavy 
  enough 
  for 
  a 
  portiere 
  which 
  

   does 
  not 
  require 
  lining. 
  Arras 
  cloth 
  or 
  craftsmen's 
  canvas, 
  

   as 
  it 
  is 
  sometimes 
  called, 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  materials, 
  and 
  

   comes 
  in 
  a 
  wide 
  range 
  of 
  colors, 
  from 
  deep 
  pomegranate 
  red 
  

   to 
  soft 
  ecru. 
  This 
  material 
  resembles 
  burlap, 
  and 
  is 
  made 
  

   of 
  linen 
  and 
  jute. 
  As 
  these 
  materials 
  take 
  the 
  dye 
  differently, 
  

   there 
  is 
  a 
  charming 
  play 
  of 
  surface 
  color 
  which 
  adds 
  very 
  

   much 
  to 
  its 
  attractive 
  qualities 
  for 
  a 
  drapery. 
  It 
  is 
  heavy 
  

   enough 
  not 
  to 
  require 
  lining, 
  but 
  is 
  improved 
  by 
  the 
  addi- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  a 
  tapestry 
  border 
  on 
  the 
  hem 
  line. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  suit- 
  

   able 
  for 
  curtains 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  for 
  portieres 
  and 
  couch 
  covers, 
  as 
  it 
  

   needs 
  to 
  be 
  protected 
  from 
  the 
  sun's 
  rays 
  to 
  keep 
  it 
  from 
  

   fading. 
  When 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  portiere 
  cover, 
  it 
  holds 
  its 
  color 
  

   well. 
  It 
  is 
  especially 
  suitable 
  for 
  rooms 
  furnished 
  in 
  the 
  

   modern 
  style 
  of 
  mission 
  furniture, 
  as 
  there 
  is 
  something 
  

   quaintly 
  barbaric 
  about 
  its 
  rough 
  texture. 
  

  

  Another 
  attractive 
  material, 
  which 
  is, 
  however, 
  very 
  little 
  

   known, 
  is 
  the 
  Helena 
  tapestry, 
  an 
  imported 
  material 
  made 
  

   in 
  Scotland, 
  varying 
  in 
  price 
  from 
  three 
  dollars 
  to 
  four 
  and 
  

   a 
  half 
  dollars 
  a 
  yard. 
  It 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  a 
  double 
  weave 
  of 
  silk 
  

   and 
  mercerized 
  cotton, 
  and 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  beautiful 
  and 
  

   artistic 
  draperies 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  this 
  country. 
  It 
  comes 
  in 
  

   every 
  shade 
  and 
  in 
  quaint 
  designs, 
  these 
  being 
  strong 
  and 
  

   English 
  in 
  their 
  character. 
  The 
  surface 
  is 
  slightly 
  raised 
  

   and 
  crinkled; 
  while 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  have 
  several 
  color 
  com- 
  

   binations, 
  the 
  majority 
  are 
  two-toned 
  and 
  shot 
  with 
  a 
  con- 
  

   trasting 
  shade. 
  The 
  Helena 
  tapestry 
  in 
  our 
  illustration 
  is 
  

   of 
  two 
  shades 
  of 
  green, 
  while 
  the 
  shot 
  of 
  blue 
  which 
  pre- 
  

   dominates 
  makes 
  the 
  curtain 
  blue 
  in 
  some 
  lights. 
  This 
  

   material 
  needs 
  searching 
  for, 
  as 
  only 
  the 
  best 
  stores 
  have 
  

   these 
  tapestries, 
  but 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  obtained 
  if 
  you 
  insist 
  on 
  

   having 
  what 
  you 
  want, 
  and 
  by 
  not 
  being 
  put 
  off 
  with 
  some 
  

   makeshift 
  which 
  the 
  salesman 
  wants 
  to 
  get 
  rid 
  of. 
  

  

  For 
  a 
  girl's 
  or 
  boy's 
  bedroom 
  or 
  a 
  den 
  what 
  would 
  be 
  

   more 
  appropriate 
  than 
  a 
  Java 
  print? 
  They 
  can 
  be 
  had 
  in 
  

   delft 
  blues 
  on 
  a 
  white 
  ground 
  or 
  on 
  a 
  coffee-color 
  ground 
  

   with 
  warm 
  reds 
  and 
  blues 
  introduced 
  in 
  the 
  design. 
  They 
  

   have 
  borders 
  on 
  two 
  sides, 
  while 
  the 
  bottom 
  is 
  usually 
  fin- 
  

   ished 
  off 
  with 
  a 
  dado. 
  Our 
  illustration 
  shows 
  a 
  very 
  pretty 
  

   one 
  in 
  tones 
  of 
  pure 
  gold, 
  while 
  splashes 
  of 
  red 
  add 
  strength 
  

   to 
  the 
  curtain. 
  These 
  are 
  very 
  suitable 
  for 
  summer 
  por- 
  

   tieres 
  and 
  for 
  all-year-round 
  curtains. 
  With 
  plain 
  wall 
  

  

  papers 
  and 
  mission 
  furniture, 
  beautiful 
  color 
  effects 
  can 
  be 
  

   obtained, 
  and 
  it 
  seems 
  remarkable 
  that 
  so 
  few 
  people 
  know 
  

   of 
  their 
  existence. 
  They 
  are 
  printed 
  by 
  hand 
  by 
  the 
  women 
  

   of 
  Java, 
  and 
  can 
  be 
  obtained 
  at 
  Oriental 
  stores. 
  In 
  the 
  

   upholstery 
  department 
  can 
  be 
  found 
  couch 
  covers 
  and 
  table 
  

   cloths. 
  Among 
  the 
  latter 
  suitable 
  curtains 
  can 
  sometimes 
  

   be 
  found. 
  

  

  Our 
  illustration 
  shows 
  a 
  cotton 
  blue 
  and 
  white 
  table 
  cover 
  

   which 
  answered 
  splendidly 
  for 
  a 
  portiere 
  in 
  a 
  delft 
  dining- 
  

   room. 
  As 
  a 
  table 
  cloth 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  hideous, 
  but 
  

   used 
  as 
  a 
  drapery 
  it 
  is 
  appropriate 
  and 
  inexpensive, 
  costing 
  

   only 
  two 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  dollars 
  and 
  requiring 
  no 
  making. 
  They 
  

   come 
  in 
  blue 
  and 
  white, 
  green 
  and 
  white, 
  and 
  red 
  and 
  white, 
  

   and 
  the 
  "Made 
  in 
  Germany" 
  ticket 
  is 
  usually 
  seen 
  on 
  them. 
  

   Sometimes 
  the 
  dress 
  counters 
  have 
  simple 
  materials 
  which 
  

   can 
  be 
  utilized 
  for 
  curtains. 
  Quaint 
  checked 
  ginghams 
  and 
  

   turkey-red 
  twill 
  suggest 
  all 
  kinds 
  of 
  possibilities 
  for 
  strong 
  

   treatment, 
  while 
  Rajah 
  cloth 
  and 
  Danish 
  cloth 
  in 
  ivory 
  make 
  

   the 
  most 
  charming 
  inner 
  curtains 
  for 
  bedrooms; 
  in 
  fact, 
  the 
  

   Rajah 
  cloth 
  can 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  place 
  of 
  Shikii 
  silk, 
  as 
  it 
  has 
  

   much 
  the 
  same 
  effect. 
  For 
  a 
  handsomely 
  furnished 
  room 
  

   nothing 
  can 
  exceed 
  the 
  beauty 
  of 
  heavy 
  Shikii 
  silk 
  at 
  one 
  dol- 
  

   lar 
  and 
  eighty 
  cents 
  a 
  yard 
  for 
  sash 
  curtains 
  in 
  ivory, 
  while 
  

   the 
  inner 
  sash 
  curtains 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  colors 
  are 
  most 
  beauti- 
  

   ful, 
  but 
  should 
  have 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  a 
  net 
  on 
  the 
  glass, 
  as 
  

   any 
  colored 
  silk 
  would 
  fade 
  if 
  exposed 
  directly 
  to 
  the 
  rays 
  

   of 
  the 
  sun, 
  however 
  good 
  the 
  quality. 
  With 
  this 
  slight 
  pro- 
  

   tection 
  inner 
  sash 
  curtains 
  of 
  green 
  or 
  blue 
  Shikii 
  silk 
  will 
  

   last 
  for 
  years. 
  They 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  slip 
  easily 
  on 
  small 
  

   rods 
  with 
  brass 
  rings, 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  much 
  prettier 
  when 
  drawn 
  

   at 
  night 
  than 
  a 
  lowered 
  shade 
  would 
  be. 
  

  

  Upholsterer's 
  velvet 
  is 
  such 
  an 
  old 
  favorite 
  that 
  I 
  need 
  

   not 
  say 
  much 
  in 
  its 
  praise. 
  There 
  is, 
  however, 
  a 
  finer, 
  more 
  

   silky 
  cotton 
  velvet 
  on 
  the 
  market 
  which 
  comes 
  in 
  a 
  wide 
  

   range 
  of 
  colors. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  these 
  in 
  very 
  artistic 
  homes, 
  

   with 
  a 
  small 
  design 
  burned 
  on 
  them. 
  The 
  effect 
  of 
  brown 
  

   on 
  brown, 
  red 
  on 
  brown, 
  and 
  brown 
  on 
  green 
  is 
  indescrib- 
  

   ably 
  beautiful, 
  and 
  with 
  fitting 
  surroundings 
  are 
  distinctly 
  

   original. 
  Our 
  illustration 
  shows 
  a 
  plush 
  curtain 
  with 
  a 
  

   printed 
  design 
  outlined 
  in 
  brown 
  on 
  three 
  sides. 
  This 
  onlv 
  

   faintly 
  suggests 
  what 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  convey 
  in 
  describing 
  the 
  

   velvet 
  curtain 
  with 
  a 
  burnt 
  design. 
  They 
  are 
  used 
  for 
  por- 
  

   tieres, 
  inner 
  sash 
  curtains, 
  and 
  long 
  curtains. 
  

  

  The 
  successful 
  curtaining 
  of 
  our 
  home 
  is, 
  after 
  all, 
  a 
  ques- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  taste. 
  The 
  knowledge 
  of 
  good 
  color 
  value 
  goes 
  much 
  

   further 
  than 
  a 
  large 
  pocketbook 
  in 
  bringing 
  about 
  the 
  de- 
  

   sired 
  results. 
  Our 
  illustration 
  shows 
  a 
  pretty 
  window 
  fur- 
  

   nished 
  only 
  with 
  dotted 
  Swiss, 
  and 
  yet 
  who 
  would 
  want 
  a 
  

   prettier 
  recessed 
  window 
  than 
  this, 
  obtained 
  with 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  

   white 
  paint, 
  blue 
  denim, 
  and 
  white 
  swiss? 
  Surely 
  nothing 
  

   could 
  be 
  simpler, 
  and 
  I 
  doubt 
  if 
  anything 
  could 
  be 
  better. 
  

  

  