May, 1911 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 183 
Furnishings for the Home 
Decorative Curtain Schemes 
By Mabel Tuke Priestman 
ELECTING curtains for the home is no that the house with draperies selected in this haphazard 
easy task, not because there is so little to style is not always successfully treated, or a well considered 
choose from, but because there is so much. scheme the result. 
We are apt to start out with a theory In order to avoid mistakes and to get the best possible 
and a half defined plan of what we intend hangings that will not only give satisfaction to those who 
to buy. We ask advice from those who occupy the home, but will give pleasure to all who see them, 
have not seriously given the subject any we must first consider the house as a whole, and then strive 
thought at all, and are guided by their advice because of to treat each room successfully. One of the first essentials 
our own indecision. It is not, therefore, to be wondered at is to find out what the market provides, and learn a little 
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Aurora cloth bordered portiéres are among this sea- 
A hand-made Cluny Jace curtain of French bobbinet 
son’s novelties. A portiére of unfadeable fabric of fifty- 
is used for the sash curtain. The over-curtain is valua- S : : : ad k ] 
AE ee a oe Oe at ao eas cae aa ae ometimes curtains in dark colors inch material and two and a half yards long for $9.00 a 
madras has a border on each side and _ can be purchase 1 } pair is worth knowing about; curtains 32 inches wide of 
for 90c. a yard, forty inches wide. The madras is im- can be found with a design the same material and two and a half yards long, with 
ported and comes in all colors; this material is an old In pale colorings enough material for a valance 18x64 inches, can be pur- 
standby that is always in fashion and makes for artistic chased for $6.50. These fabrics come in a wide range of 
colors. 
homes, 
