xvi AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
October, 1911 
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may be used in a library even. They are 
not very much in evidence at the shops 
but your upholsterer could always procure 
samples to try in your rooms. For dining- 
rooms there are fruit tapestries in linen 
taffeta specially designed to go with the 
newest tapestries in wall papers. Some cf 
these papers have a mottled ground which 
melts into a Dutch frieze of flowers and 
fruit; the rather voyant taffetas go with 
the quiet wall effect and repeat the strong 
note of the frieze, making most successful 
dining-rooms. In a Colonial dining-room 
with mahogany furniture a rich flowered 
effect in cretonne or taffeta may be used, 
but they are not inexpensive and if pur- 
chased I would suggest having the curtains 
lined, as this makes them last much longer. 
Very pretty cotton edges are sold for sew- 
ing at the edge of the curtains and this 
trimming must not be overlooked. The 
parlor, if it is not just a reception room, can 
be transformed by covering an upholstered 
chair all over with a slip cover with a 
box pleated frill all round it; the chairs 
that show some woodwork must not have 
the all-over slip cover but may have the 
seat and back covered and the arms left 
free. This tends to relieve the eye and is 
correct. There are several all-over garden 
effects that lend themselves to this treat- 
ment and really rich wall schemes are not 
out of keeping with cretonne furniture cov- 
ers, although the hangings would be more 
appropriate in a rich material. A glazed 
chintz can be used with excellent results 
and although the ground is usually a dead 
white or cream the glazed surface protects 
the material from catching the dirt and 
they keep clean for several years. For 
bedrooms there are endless varieties of 
good things to choose from in all colorings 
and suited to any style of furnishing. The 
domestic cretonnes may be used for the 
less important rooms but the colors are not 
as permanent as the imported ones, so it 1s 
often cheaper in the long run to spend 
more on the material, as the making is the 
same. Imported cretonnes can be pur- 
chased from forty-five cents to seventy- 
five cents a yard, thirty-two inches wide. 
The linen taffetas are usually fifty inches 
wide and are a little more costly, two dol- 
lars and a quarter not being out of the 
way for a good design; they can, however, 
be bought for less. Some of the new cre- 
tonnes are a bower of color and when used 
with the very popular Jasper stripes make 
really successful rooms; the walls are the 
atmosphere and the curtains and hangings 
made of these cottons give the necessary 
decoration. Some of these materials are 
partly covered with birds and butterflies, 
or trees yielding roses, peonies, or fruit on 
the same branch. A brave array of color 
can be introduced by the use of these cre- 
tonnes and they are of interest, as they 
show to what perfection the conventionaliz- 
ing of flower motifs has attained. Pastoral 
effects are seen among the new cretonnes 
and are much used for bedrooms and nur- 
series. A shepherdess on a medallion and 
beaux revealing themselves from among 
abundant flower motifs is one of the quain- 
test of these pastoral effects. There are a 
goodly number of roses with green leaves 
and ribbon; the ribbon varies in the differ- 
ent colorings so that they can be used 
with almost any color scheme. 
