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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



May, 1913 



Linens and cottons of loose weaves are among the most attractive fabrics for Summer curtains 



things about them, and once they have found just the right tain. This, especially in colored fabrics, gives a better effect 

 curtain for a particular room wish it to last as long as it to the window. For casement windows in a bedroom it is 

 will and regret the time necessary to have over-cur- 

 when the fabrics fade or be- tains hung on a rod extend- 

 come full of holes and must 9' ing across the group of win- 

 be renewed. dows, if several small case- 



Regarding the making of 

 curtains — their proper 

 lengths for windows of vari- 

 ous shapes and sizes — some 

 hints may not come amiss. 



For the usual type of high 

 and rather narrow plate 

 glass window, having the 

 sash raised with pulleys in 

 the window frame, it is well 

 to have the rods for thin cur- 

 tains placed just inside the 

 flat window casing using soc- 

 ket fixtures. The length of 

 the curtain may be a little 



ments make up the window, 

 and these over-curtains 

 should be of a material 

 heavy enough to exclude the 

 light. A novel and beautiful 

 cotton print having a bright 

 flowered pattern on a back- 

 ground of black is a revival 

 of an old English style. The 

 pattern is Chinese copied 

 from antique Chinese pottery. 

 These fabrics are printed 

 from hand blocks and are 

 therefore rather expensive, 

 running from $2.50 to $3.75 



Simple but attractive curtaining 



longer than the window itself as after washing it will shrink per yard. These patterns are printed in several colors as 



and then just touch the sill — which is the proper length for to the background and flowers. Some have birds, also giv 



their curtains. Casement windows opening 

 with hinges either into the room or out from 

 the window must have the curtain for each sash 

 hung on a rod fastened to the upper part of 

 the sash itself, bringing the curtain close against 

 the sash and in length just to the sill. As case- 

 ment windows are usually much shorter than 

 those of plate glass, the shrinkage of the cur- 

 tain when laundered will not be very much. 



Sometimes casement wndows are made in 

 groups having a wide crossbar between the up- 

 per and lower sections. In such instances it 

 is best to make the curtains separately for up- 

 per and lower sections following the same rule 

 of length fitting the sash. If the upper win- 

 dows do not open, the upper curtain may hang 

 over the crossbar to the top of the lower cur- 



ing interest and variety to the design. For a 

 bedroom furnished in old mahogany these cur- 

 tains are the most appropriate thing. 



The use of double shades against the glass — 

 white, with dark green shades hung inside, to 

 be pulled dlown at night — naturally excludes the 

 light and protects the curtain fabrics against 

 the burning sun during the Summer months, 

 but they do not look pretty from the outside of 

 a house, and when pulled down during the 

 day generally would seem to indicate the ab- 

 sence of the family. In connection with the 

 study of the problems of finding the most suit- 

 able curtains for the small house one suggests 

 that the home-builder should take into account 

 harmonizing the design of the glazing of the 

 windows with the plan forthe curtaining fabrics. 









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The printed Japanese fabrics are excellent for curtaining the bedrooms of the small house 



