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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  November, 
  1907 
  

  

  Color 
  Richness 
  Is 
  the 
  Keynote 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  French 
  Parrot 
  Frieze 
  

  

  Crowns, 
  Friezes 
  and 
  Borders 
  

  

  By 
  F. 
  Maude 
  Smith 
  

  

  jESPITE 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  

   tastefully 
  papered 
  rooms 
  are 
  minus 
  any- 
  

   thing 
  like 
  a 
  frieze 
  or 
  a 
  crown, 
  the 
  wallpaper 
  

   being 
  carried 
  straight 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  cornice, 
  

   there 
  are 
  many 
  instances 
  in 
  which 
  such 
  a 
  

   decoration 
  adds 
  immensely 
  to 
  the 
  beauty 
  of 
  

   the 
  entire 
  house. 
  This 
  is 
  especially 
  true 
  of 
  

  

  a 
  room 
  in 
  which 
  there 
  are 
  

  

  few 
  pictures. 
  For 
  bed- 
  

   chambers, 
  dressing-rooms, 
  

  

  morning-rooms, 
  and 
  cer- 
  

   tain 
  dining-rooms, 
  such 
  a 
  

  

  finish 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  

  

  the 
  wall 
  is 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  

  

  charming. 
  As 
  a 
  rule, 
  too, 
  

  

  it 
  is 
  best 
  suited 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  simpler 
  sort 
  of 
  house, 
  

  

  since 
  the 
  arrangement 
  of 
  

  

  the 
  statelier 
  styles 
  is 
  more 
  

  

  than 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  complete 
  

  

  without 
  wallpaper, 
  except- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  

  

  rooms. 
  

  

  Just 
  now 
  the 
  wallpaper 
  

  

  most 
  liked 
  for 
  the 
  entire 
  

  

  second 
  story 
  of 
  a 
  house 
  

  

  and 
  for 
  some 
  other 
  rooms 
  

  

  is 
  white, 
  either 
  plain 
  or 
  

  

  with 
  a 
  glossy 
  stripe. 
  The 
  

  

  next 
  modish 
  wallpaper 
  is 
  

  

  a 
  diaper 
  or 
  other 
  woven 
  

  

  effect 
  in 
  white 
  and 
  a 
  soft 
  

  

  tint, 
  usually 
  delicate 
  gray. 
  

  

  Such 
  a 
  paper 
  is 
  correct 
  for 
  

  

  any 
  downstairs 
  room, 
  as 
  

  

  is 
  the 
  white 
  with 
  the 
  

  

  plossy 
  stripe. 
  In 
  any 
  case 
  

  

  1 
  he 
  ceiling 
  and 
  cornice 
  are 
  

  

  covered 
  with 
  a 
  paper 
  in 
  

  

  the 
  kid 
  finish 
  in 
  white, 
  or 
  

  

  an 
  ivory 
  or 
  pearl 
  tint, 
  ac- 
  

   cording 
  to 
  the 
  side 
  wall. 
  

   An 
  elaboration 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  crown 
  effect 
  that 
  pleases 
  

  

  Small 
  Old-timey 
  Drapery 
  Effects 
  Are 
  Redolent 
  of 
  Days 
  Agone 
  

  

  Cut 
  Crown 
  of 
  White 
  Grapes 
  

  

  persons 
  who 
  do 
  not 
  like 
  the 
  plain 
  side 
  wall 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   variations 
  offered 
  by 
  wallpaper 
  firms. 
  That 
  early 
  favorite, 
  

   the 
  rose 
  arbor 
  effect, 
  has 
  had 
  many 
  fascinating 
  followers, 
  

   the 
  nasturtium 
  being 
  among 
  the 
  latest. 
  The 
  nasturtium 
  

   crown, 
  a 
  dainty 
  riot 
  of 
  brown, 
  orange 
  and 
  gold 
  and 
  sketchy 
  

   foliage, 
  comes 
  with 
  a 
  lovely 
  nasturtium 
  bedroom 
  paper 
  on 
  

   an 
  ivory 
  ground 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  high 
  gloss 
  stripe. 
  Or 
  it 
  may 
  

  

  be 
  used 
  above 
  a 
  striped 
  

   paper 
  without 
  the 
  nastur- 
  

   tium 
  figuring. 
  It 
  costs 
  

   $1.25 
  per 
  roll 
  of 
  seven 
  

   yards, 
  while 
  the 
  side 
  wall 
  

   is 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  thirty-five 
  

   cents. 
  Charming 
  effects 
  

   may 
  be 
  had, 
  too, 
  by 
  cut- 
  

   ting 
  out 
  crowns 
  from 
  wall- 
  

   paper 
  designed 
  for 
  the 
  side 
  

   wall. 
  These 
  may 
  be 
  dis- 
  

   tinguished 
  by 
  endless 
  va- 
  

   riety, 
  as 
  the 
  range 
  of 
  floral 
  

   papers 
  to 
  choose 
  from 
  is 
  

   practically 
  inexhaustible. 
  

  

  Quite 
  the 
  highest 
  chic 
  

   for 
  bedrooms, 
  however, 
  is 
  

   the 
  very 
  old-fashioned 
  

   border, 
  the 
  narrow 
  finish 
  

   that 
  topped 
  the 
  walls 
  of 
  

   our 
  grandmothers. 
  There 
  

   are 
  mere 
  ribbon 
  borders, 
  

   flower 
  borders 
  and 
  furni- 
  

   ture 
  gimp 
  designs, 
  caught 
  

   with 
  a 
  bunch 
  of 
  blossoms 
  

   at 
  intervals, 
  which 
  are 
  cor- 
  

   rect 
  above 
  chambray 
  and 
  

   diaper 
  designs. 
  Then 
  

   there 
  are 
  valance 
  effects, 
  

   with 
  the 
  old-world 
  charm 
  

   of 
  the 
  posy-decked 
  

   flounces 
  and 
  paper 
  lace- 
  

   edged 
  bouquets 
  of 
  long 
  

   ago, 
  and 
  little 
  old-timey 
  

   drapery 
  effects, 
  caught 
  up 
  

   with 
  quaint 
  roses 
  and 
  red- 
  

   olent 
  of 
  days 
  agone. 
  

  

  