June, 1912 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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Japanese linen sash curtains 
come in either blue or brown 
top a very heavy plate glass 
which makes them prac¬ 
ticable. So the bedroom 
can now be furnished com¬ 
pletely with willow furni¬ 
ture if one choose to have 
it so. And very pretty it 
can be, for the willow takes 
different stains and enamels 
very successfully, and al¬ 
most any color scheme can 
be worked out, from a sim¬ 
ple white and pink room 
to a rich furnishing in an¬ 
tique gold and old blue, or 
rose, or violet, as the 
owner may desire. 
Some very effective 
hangings that come to us 
from India are particularly 
appropriate for the informal summer room. These 
are the India prints which are made in northern 
India. Unusual designs in excellent colorings are 
printed with wood blocks on a heavy cotton goods. 
As the material is inexpensive, these cotton prints 
are very moderate in price. There are printed 
squares which sell for one dollar, which may be used 
as table covers, or made, by “enveloping’' them, into 
sofa cushions. Portieres, couch covers and bed¬ 
spreads are also to be had. They are printed in a 
number of bright but harmoniously combined colors, 
or in different shades of blue on a white background. 
The couch covers or portieres cost from $3.00 to 
$3.50 and the large bedspread, a particularly effec¬ 
tive piece of color and design, sells for $7.50. A 
room furnished with these India prints used for the 
couch cover, pillows, portieres and overhangings is 
very effective. Most of the' prints contain a good 
deal of orange and blue, a striking color combina¬ 
tion, which, with a deep blue rug, and touches of 
orange in pottery and flowers, makes a very pretty 
and cheerful setting, particularly appropriate for liv¬ 
ing-room or dining room. 
The new cretonnes now shown for the spring 
trade are printed in effective designs and colorings. 
Chintzes and cretonnes with a black background con¬ 
tinue to be very popular. 
Both large and small de¬ 
signs are used, and this 
striking material when used 
with discretion adds a strong 
note to the room where it is 
emjfloyed in the draperies 
and other furnishings. It 
must be used judiciously, 
however, for it brings into 
the room very marked con¬ 
trasts, which are not pleas¬ 
ing when too conspicuous. 
Patterns in dainty colored 
stripes add to the height of 
a low ceilinged room, and 
may be cut to excellent ad¬ 
vantage for bands of trim¬ 
ming for the curtains, bed- 
spread, and “runners.” 
The “Chinese Chippendale” pattern has vases of vari¬ 
ous shapes filled with flowers of every hue, and show¬ 
ing the influence of Oriental drawing. 'Phis pattern is 
particularly quaint and pleasing. A design of wild 
and cultivated roses in soft grays and violets on an 
ecru background is particularly fine for the hanging 
of a gray and violet bedroom. These are only a few 
of the new spring designs. Alost of these cretonnes 
retail at about 65 cents a yard. 
Very attractive Japanese curtains are made of a 
loosely woven linen or jute, stiffened slightly. They 
come in two colors, blue and brown, and in two de¬ 
signs ; some wild flowers and grasses against the moon, 
and a very much conventionalized wave, with the 
spray, in the form of dots, splashing up onto the cur¬ 
tains. The curtain is divided in two, the design match¬ 
ing perfectly. They are not meant to be shirred, but 
should hang straight against the window in which po¬ 
sition they are particularly desirable as they let in 
plenty of light, and from the outside they are quite in- 
penetrable—that is, in the daylight. At night, with 
the light behind them, the shades would have to be 
drawn as with other transparent curtains. These 
Japanese curtains are meant for sash curtains only. 
They measure 36 inches wide and 54 inches long and 
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substitute 
Of chintzes and cretonnes the designs are legion, with bird patterns and 
Chinese motifs much in evidence 
These curtains keep out the hot 
glare but admit light 
