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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



April, 1908 



article will be used for interior decoration, such as portieres, 

 friezes, draperies and screens, or for divan covers and out- 

 door knockabout pillows. If used for decorative purposes 

 only, the aniline dyes may be used, but it is a well known fact 

 that the coal tar products will only become permanently fixed 

 in a fabric through the process of boiling the materials 

 therein. Consequently, if the articles are to be handled, or 



can be procured at any artist material store as it is generally 

 used to fix pencil and charcoal drawings with a thin solution 

 of shellac. When used on villous fabrics the color can be ap- 

 plied in unvarying proportions, giving the appearance when 

 dry of woven textures. The atomizer ejects the liquid in a 

 more vaporous form, and can be used on the more delicate 

 materials, such as velvets, velours and silks. If there be a 



Fig. 1 

 Design for Divan Bolster 



Fig. 2 



Fig. 3 



Design for Pillow Cover (Sioux Indians) Design for Pillow Cover (Thompson Indians) 



are liable to come in contact with moisture or rain, as would 

 happen with a swinging divan cover on the porch, or with 

 knockabout pillows, then permanent colors must be used. 

 These can be made by using the ordinary oil colors in tubes 

 and diluting with a little turpentine and a sufficient quantity 

 of gasolene or naphtha to allow the fluid to flow freely 

 through the blowpipe and atomizer; the gasolene being very 

 volatile will leave the color so that it will soon dry and be- 

 come permanently fixed. 



When the material to be stenciled has the consistency of 

 canvas duck or grass goods, a regular stencil brush can be 

 used, but if the fabric has a nap or villous substance, the 

 blowpipe and atomizer should be employed. A blowpipe 



number of fine parallel lines close together in the design, it 

 would be better to use a lath or a ruler and a stiff paint brush 

 for oil colors, of the required size, than to cut out the lines 

 in stencil. 



For a central decoration the "Swastika," or good luck 

 cross of the Indians, is very decorative. For unknown cen- 

 turies this symbol has been used as a charm of fortune. His- 

 torically, it first appeared on Greek coins of the year 315 

 B. C, but it has been found among the relics of races of a 

 far more remote age. It is probably the oldest cross and the 

 oldest emblem known. The shields of the ancient Britons in 

 the British Museum bear this design. 



The drawings which accompany this article illustrate some 



Fig. 4 

 Design for Pillow Cover (Alaska Indians) 



Fig. 5 



Design for Pillow Cover (Alaska Indians) 



Representing one of the two wheels of the truck used 

 for carrying tepees and camp outfit. 



Fig. 6 

 Design for Pillow Cover (Apache Indians) 



Fig. 1. — Color Scheme. — (1) Roman ochre — mix yellow ochre and a 

 little burnt sienna; (2) black; (3) brown madder; (4) deep olive — 

 mix Indian red, Prussian blue and Van Dyke -brown ; (5) white; 

 (6) light blue-green — mix emerald green with cerulean blue. Leave 

 white space between dark colors. Outline light colors with black. 



Fig. 2. — Color Scheme. — (1) Lavender — mix Paynes gray and a little 

 crimson lake; (2) deep red and white stripes — mix crimson lake and 

 Van Dyke brown; (3) royal purple — mix cobalt-indigo and crimson 

 lake. Swastikas, one black and one deep red; white borders. Arrow 

 heads, black; white borders. Tepees, white. 



Fig. 3. — Color Scheme. — (1) Sepia; (2) vermilion; (3) white; (4) black. 



Fig. 4. — Color Scheme. — (1) Deep olive green; (2) deep terra cotta; 

 (3) deep French gray; (4) deep tan; (5) white; (6) light Chinese 

 blue — mix cerulean blue and white; (7) black; (8) indigo. 



Fig. 5. — Color Scheme. — (1) Slate gray; (2) white; (3) Pompeiian red — 

 mix vermilion with Indian red; (4) black; (5) apple green. 



Fig. 6. — Color Scheme. — Tepees', white; each tepee on background of dull 

 red and dull blue alternately. Stripes, buff. Margin around design, 

 deep red — mix vermilion, crimson lake and Van Dyke brown. 



