HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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October, 1911 
A rather quaint dining-room paper with Wedgewood medal¬ 
lions. The dominating color, of course, is blue, which 
would be effective in back of real Wedgewood 
two-thirds with a plain Delft blue above the white plate- 
rail. A few pieces of Wedgewood come in very nicely. 
The metal-toned papers are somewhat akin to the 
leather-finished papers, and rank among the very hand¬ 
somest. To the stained effects of the design are added 
the sheen of bronze or other metals. There is sufficient 
life and color, so that the paper is not dependent upon 
any angle of illumination. The finest of these metal- 
toned creations has the quality of not tarnishing, which 
adds to its value and durability. The general uses of 
papers of this character are similar to those where 
leather effects are employed. 
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There is a great variety in the fabric effects this year. At the top is a 
free design after the English chintzes; below it is a dainty moire; in 
- the lower left corner is a quaint approximation of an old sampler stitch; 
at the top right is a Paisley binder; a cut-out frieze is provided for the 
narrow striped side wall paper, and there is cretonne obtainable for the 
hangings; in the lower corner is a Japanese burlap effect 
Cashmeres. This form of decoration is 
now found even in wall-papers. Paisley 
hangings also may be had in cretonnes. 
It strikes a rather pleasing note in a 
bedroom carried out in the old style, to 
employ these papers and hangings. 
Mention should be made of the paper 
designed especially for the dining-room. 
It is of a Wedgewood or ceramic de¬ 
sign in Delft colors. The treatment sug¬ 
gested would be to apply it for the lower 
Two of the new leather papers. At the left is a frieze of orange branches 
on a rich green ooze leather background. A clever imitation of brush- 
work and hand-tooling is simulated at the right 
So wonderfully has the art of paper making advanced that it is al¬ 
most impossible to tell even when passing the hand over these walls 
that they are not made of leather borders and dado richly tooled 
