In addition to the cretonne-covered furniture of willow or wicker that has come to be well and favorably known for summer use, there are 
now many new forms of cretonne-covered storage cases, screens, shoe-boxes and other ingenious and attractive pieces obtainable 
Summer Furnishing With Cretonne 
by Sarah Leyburn Coe 
C RETONNE has always been more or less in evidence for 
summer furnishings, and even when not particularly fash¬ 
ionable it can be had in a number of different designs, for it is a 
material that is quite too effective to be slighted, although it may 
be put into the background temporarily. 
For the last two or three years, however, there has been an in¬ 
creasing revival of its popularity, and it is used not only for 
draperies and hangings, but for covering furniture, or rather for 
making furniture in a style especially suitable for summer bed¬ 
rooms. Chairs and sofas upholstered in cretonne and screens 
covered with it are as familiar as the time-honored curtains and 
draperies, but the new use of this material is a radically differ¬ 
ent one. 
The cretonne-covered cabinet or set of boxes is designed with 
special reference to the size and shape of various articles of one’s 
wardrobe, and is so arranged that no space is wasted and each 
section or box can be 
filled to the best ad- 
doubtless grew out of the cretonne-covered shirt-waist box that 
proved its usefulness long ago. It was found that instead of 
one deep box, several shallow ones would prove more serviceable 
for holding clothes, especially light garments that crush readily, 
and, rather than an unwieldy pile of boxes, a light wooden frame 
with a separate support for each box would be much more 
convenient. 
From this general plan a number of cabinets of different size 
and shape have been evolved, until there is now cretonne box 
furniture to meet all the requirements of an ordinary wardrobe. 
The frames which are substantial but quite light are of white 
enameled wood, and the boxes are of extra heavy pasteboard 
covered with cretonne to match the draperies of the room. The 
boxes fit into the frames just as the drawers fit into a bureau and 
they are pulled out by means of tabs made of the cretonne and 
fastened to the bottom of the boxes, one at either side. A few 
of the smaller and 
more elaborate cabi¬ 
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An octagonal shoe-box with uphol¬ 
stered lid is a new departure 
These seats with cretonne-covered boxes on shelves below 
come in several sizes 
A work-table of enameled wood with 
a cretonne bag set in the open top 
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