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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  September, 
  1907 
  

  

  For 
  summer 
  homes 
  and 
  cottages 
  cretonnes 
  and 
  colored 
  

   prints 
  are 
  greatly 
  in 
  vogue. 
  The 
  flowered 
  cretonnes 
  are 
  de- 
  

   sirable 
  for 
  the 
  bedrooms, 
  but 
  the 
  geometrical 
  and 
  more 
  con- 
  

   ventionalized 
  figures 
  are 
  better 
  for 
  the 
  rooms 
  below. 
  

  

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  Raw 
  Silk 
  Portiere 
  for 
  Living-room 
  

  

  Great 
  care 
  should 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  selection 
  of 
  portieres; 
  

   velours, 
  brocades, 
  and 
  monks' 
  cloth 
  are 
  appropriate 
  in 
  elab- 
  

   orate 
  homes, 
  but 
  silks 
  and 
  heavy 
  madras 
  are 
  a 
  wiser 
  selection 
  

   for 
  apartments. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  remembered 
  that 
  the 
  hangings 
  between 
  rooms 
  

   have 
  a 
  more 
  substantial 
  use 
  than 
  the 
  mere 
  adding 
  a 
  patch 
  of 
  

   color 
  or 
  softening 
  hard 
  lines. 
  Where 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  doors 
  the 
  

   portieres 
  take 
  their 
  place, 
  though 
  not 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  the 
  wooden 
  

   door. 
  It 
  follows, 
  therefore, 
  that 
  these 
  curtains 
  must 
  cut 
  off 
  

   one 
  room 
  from 
  another 
  and 
  shut 
  off 
  the 
  view 
  and 
  sounds 
  if 
  

   necessary. 
  Very 
  sheer 
  materials 
  are 
  too 
  flimsy 
  for 
  portieres 
  

   and 
  are 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  used. 
  Foreign 
  houses 
  are 
  seldom 
  as 
  open 
  

   as 
  are 
  American 
  homes 
  and 
  are 
  less 
  subject 
  to 
  drafts, 
  but 
  the 
  

   point 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  open 
  rooms 
  is 
  that 
  they 
  appear 
  much 
  

   larger 
  than 
  they 
  are 
  and 
  are 
  valuable 
  for 
  purposes 
  of 
  enter- 
  

   taining. 
  The 
  variety 
  of 
  materials 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  are 
  

   large. 
  The 
  decorations 
  used 
  upon 
  these 
  materials 
  include 
  

   embroideries, 
  galloons 
  in 
  woven 
  or 
  dyed 
  designs, 
  stencil 
  or 
  

   painted 
  decorations. 
  

  

  The 
  hanging 
  of 
  the 
  curtain 
  is 
  as 
  important 
  as 
  the 
  material. 
  

   Where 
  raw 
  silk 
  is 
  used 
  the 
  net 
  and 
  silk 
  may 
  be 
  sewed 
  together 
  

   and 
  hung 
  on 
  one 
  rod. 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  living-room 
  has 
  casement 
  windows 
  the 
  shade 
  can 
  

   not 
  take 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  a 
  rod; 
  the 
  rod 
  is 
  necessary. 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  decorative 
  feature 
  the 
  valance 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  

   effectively, 
  this 
  is 
  especially 
  true 
  when 
  cretonnes 
  and 
  prints 
  

  

  are 
  the 
  materials. 
  The 
  valance 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  very 
  full 
  

   and 
  the 
  side 
  hangings 
  finished 
  with 
  ruffles. 
  Another 
  effec- 
  

   tive 
  hanging 
  is 
  a 
  plain 
  material 
  with 
  a 
  border 
  used 
  as 
  an 
  

   outer 
  hanging. 
  Next 
  to 
  the 
  glass 
  is 
  a 
  figured 
  madras. 
  

  

  Curtains 
  should 
  always 
  

   be 
  hung 
  on 
  rods, 
  so 
  that 
  

   they 
  may 
  be 
  swung 
  open 
  or 
  

   closed 
  easily; 
  the 
  pole 
  is 
  

   preferable 
  for 
  portieres, 
  

   and 
  it 
  should 
  match 
  the 
  

   woodwork 
  of 
  the 
  room. 
  

  

  Draperies 
  that 
  are 
  fes- 
  

   tooned 
  and 
  looped 
  are 
  in 
  

   exceeding 
  bad 
  taste. 
  They 
  

   are 
  bad 
  from 
  the 
  standpoint 
  

   of 
  decoration, 
  and 
  are 
  

   ruined 
  for 
  all 
  practical 
  pur- 
  

   poses. 
  The 
  more 
  simply 
  

   curtains 
  and 
  portieres 
  are 
  

   draped 
  the 
  better. 
  

  

  Color 
  is 
  also 
  an 
  impor- 
  

   tant 
  point 
  in 
  the 
  selection 
  of 
  

   curtains. 
  White 
  curtains 
  

   are 
  always 
  in 
  good 
  taste 
  in 
  

   bedrooms, 
  and 
  their 
  beauty 
  

   is 
  enhanced 
  by 
  flowered 
  cre- 
  

   tonnes 
  that 
  harmonize 
  with 
  

   the 
  paper. 
  White 
  or 
  yel- 
  

   low 
  curtains 
  are 
  desirable 
  

   for 
  the 
  living-rooms, 
  and 
  

   the 
  draperies 
  and 
  portieres 
  

   may 
  either 
  blend 
  or 
  offer 
  a 
  

   pleasant 
  contrast 
  to 
  the 
  wall 
  

   paper 
  and 
  carpet. 
  In 
  the 
  

   materials 
  used 
  and 
  the 
  colors 
  adopted 
  there 
  is 
  surely 
  a 
  range 
  

   of 
  choice 
  sufficient 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  needs 
  of 
  any 
  one 
  with 
  the 
  

   most 
  fastidious 
  taste. 
  

  

  One 
  pretty 
  summer 
  house 
  has 
  a 
  large 
  living-room 
  that 
  

   opens 
  on 
  a 
  veranda. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  shut 
  off 
  by 
  glass 
  doors 
  

   inlaid 
  with 
  small 
  panes. 
  Before 
  it 
  hangs 
  a 
  handsome 
  China- 
  

   silk 
  portiere 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  drawn 
  across 
  when 
  the 
  doors 
  are 
  left 
  

   open. 
  The 
  windows 
  have 
  sash 
  curtains 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   material, 
  and 
  a 
  handsome 
  embroidered 
  lambrequin 
  is 
  draped 
  

   above 
  the 
  mantel. 
  

  

  An 
  artistic 
  hall 
  is 
  paneled 
  in 
  light 
  oak. 
  The 
  door 
  between 
  

   the 
  hall 
  and 
  living-room 
  is 
  draped 
  with 
  velvet 
  curtains 
  the 
  

   same 
  shade 
  as 
  the 
  woodwork. 
  Panels 
  of 
  velvet 
  are 
  placed 
  

   about 
  the 
  rooms. 
  A 
  velvet 
  curtain 
  is 
  hung 
  at 
  the 
  casement 
  

   window, 
  and 
  the 
  seat 
  is 
  cushioned 
  with 
  velvet. 
  

  

  A 
  spacious 
  living-room 
  has 
  its 
  chairs 
  covered 
  with 
  cre- 
  

   tonnes. 
  The 
  windows 
  are 
  trimmed 
  with 
  dotted 
  net 
  curtains, 
  

   while 
  a 
  scarf 
  of 
  cretonne 
  is 
  draped 
  between 
  the 
  living-room 
  

   and 
  den. 
  

  

  A 
  dainty 
  bedroom 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  cretonne 
  wall 
  paper. 
  

   The 
  sash-window 
  has 
  a 
  curtain 
  of 
  dotted 
  Swiss, 
  and 
  the 
  long 
  

   window 
  has 
  a 
  curtain 
  of 
  plain 
  cretonne 
  that 
  offers 
  a 
  pleasing 
  

   contrast 
  with 
  the 
  wall 
  paper. 
  Another 
  bedroom 
  is 
  paneled 
  

   with 
  a 
  rich 
  cretonne, 
  while 
  a 
  portiere 
  of 
  cretonne 
  separates 
  

   bathroom 
  and 
  living-room. 
  Good 
  taste 
  is 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  all 
  

   good 
  curtaining, 
  applied 
  with 
  a 
  keen 
  sense 
  of 
  the 
  end 
  sought. 
  

  

  