﻿September, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  34i 
  

  

  Swiss 
  Curtain 
  and 
  Raw 
  Silk 
  for 
  the 
  Bedroom 
  

  

  their 
  early 
  splendor, 
  nor 
  did 
  they 
  have 
  as 
  much 
  grace. 
  The 
  

   arches 
  above 
  the 
  windows 
  are 
  merely 
  artificial, 
  being 
  only 
  

   wooden 
  frames 
  put 
  up, 
  strained 
  with 
  canvas; 
  after 
  which 
  the 
  

   same 
  kind 
  of 
  stuff 
  which 
  the 
  curtains 
  are 
  made 
  of 
  is 
  formed 
  

   to 
  appear 
  like 
  a 
  fan 
  and 
  drapery 
  locked 
  on 
  to 
  it. 
  

  

  As 
  early 
  as 
  1800 
  the 
  rolling-up 
  blinds 
  and 
  spring-blinds 
  

   were 
  used, 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  Venetian 
  blinds 
  drawn 
  by 
  pulleys. 
  

   Sheraton 
  says: 
  "The 
  most 
  fashionable 
  blinds 
  are 
  all 
  of 
  wood 
  

   painted 
  green, 
  except 
  the 
  frame, 
  which 
  is 
  of 
  mahogany. 
  The 
  

   blind 
  part 
  is 
  either 
  composed 
  of 
  upright 
  or 
  horizontal 
  narrow 
  

   laths, 
  an 
  eighth 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  thick, 
  painted 
  in 
  bright 
  green, 
  and 
  

   which 
  moves 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  a 
  lever 
  to 
  any 
  position 
  for 
  ad- 
  

   mitting 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  light. 
  

   The 
  most 
  approved 
  of 
  at 
  

   present 
  are 
  with 
  upright 
  

   laths, 
  and 
  moved 
  by 
  turning 
  

   a 
  brass 
  knob 
  at 
  the 
  upper 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  frame." 
  

  

  This 
  elaborate 
  window 
  

   furnishing 
  is 
  no 
  longer 
  fash- 
  

   ionable, 
  because 
  it 
  is 
  

   thought 
  foolish 
  extrava- 
  

   gance 
  to 
  put 
  from 
  two 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  to 
  five 
  hundred 
  dollars 
  

   in 
  a 
  window 
  decoration. 
  

   Moreover, 
  in 
  draping 
  a 
  

   window 
  light 
  must 
  be 
  taken 
  

   into 
  consideration. 
  The 
  idea 
  

   that 
  prevails 
  now 
  is 
  to 
  cur- 
  

   tain 
  the 
  window 
  with 
  the 
  

   thinnest 
  material 
  possible. 
  

   Where 
  a 
  room 
  is 
  light, 
  har- 
  

   mony 
  and 
  variety 
  are 
  the 
  

   laws 
  that 
  govern 
  the 
  selec- 
  

   tion. 
  It 
  is 
  always 
  in 
  good 
  

   taste 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  

   matching 
  the 
  wall 
  paper. 
  

   This 
  is 
  done 
  by 
  getting 
  a 
  

   plain 
  material 
  if 
  the 
  wall 
  

   paper 
  is 
  plain, 
  and 
  a 
  figured 
  

   curtain 
  with 
  a 
  figured 
  wall 
  

   paper. 
  The 
  contrast 
  may 
  be 
  

   made 
  by 
  combining 
  the 
  plain 
  

   curtain 
  with 
  the 
  figured 
  wall 
  

  

  paper. 
  Case 
  window 
  cur- 
  

   tains 
  hung 
  on 
  a 
  single 
  rod 
  

   are 
  exceedingly 
  popular 
  

   these 
  days, 
  and 
  are 
  made 
  of 
  

   muslin, 
  cut 
  or 
  raw 
  silk. 
  If 
  

   a 
  double 
  pair 
  are 
  wanted 
  

   these 
  may 
  be 
  made 
  of 
  cre- 
  

   tonne 
  or 
  chintz. 
  French 
  

   chintzes 
  and 
  cretonnes 
  are 
  

   always 
  in 
  good 
  taste 
  for 
  

   bedrooms, 
  and 
  are 
  the 
  

   best 
  material 
  in 
  summer 
  

   homes. 
  

  

  Whether 
  long 
  curtains 
  

   just 
  to 
  escape 
  the 
  floor 
  or 
  

   to 
  the 
  sill 
  are 
  preferable 
  de- 
  

   pends 
  on 
  certain 
  conditions. 
  

   Considerable 
  money 
  may 
  be 
  

   saved 
  by 
  using 
  the 
  shorter 
  

   curtains 
  : 
  besides 
  if 
  a 
  seat 
  or 
  

   radiator 
  be 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  the 
  

   shorter 
  curtain 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  used. 
  

   The 
  best 
  laces 
  for 
  the 
  par- 
  

   lor 
  are 
  the 
  Renaissance 
  and 
  

   Brussels, 
  white 
  curtains 
  be- 
  

   ing 
  preferable. 
  Cluny 
  and 
  

   Arabian 
  laces 
  are 
  much 
  used 
  in 
  dining-room 
  and 
  library. 
  

  

  For 
  over-curtains 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  great 
  variety 
  of 
  handsome 
  

   materials 
  — 
  such 
  as 
  velours, 
  silks, 
  silkalene 
  madras, 
  and 
  cre- 
  

   tonnes. 
  Velours 
  and 
  brocades 
  make 
  heavy 
  draperies 
  and 
  

   should 
  only 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  costly 
  or 
  elaborately 
  furnished 
  rooms. 
  

   These 
  may 
  be 
  substituted 
  by 
  tapestries 
  and 
  heavy 
  broadcloths. 
  

   Heavy 
  curtains 
  are 
  usually 
  out 
  of 
  keeping 
  in 
  bedrooms 
  

   unless 
  these 
  rooms 
  are 
  furnished 
  handsomely. 
  Muslins 
  and 
  

   point 
  d'esprit 
  are 
  appropriate 
  for 
  sash 
  curtains, 
  and 
  they 
  may 
  

   be 
  hung 
  with 
  madras, 
  printed 
  scrims 
  and 
  cider 
  cloths. 
  All 
  

   these 
  materials 
  are 
  effective 
  when 
  worked 
  in 
  bright 
  colors 
  

   and 
  attractive 
  patterns. 
  

  

  Swiss 
  Sash 
  Curtains 
  and 
  Japanese 
  Silk 
  Drapery 
  

  

  