HOUSE AND GARDEN 
223 
October, 1913 
leather, and the very happy columnar treatment, which accords 
precisely with the chaste fireplace and door. Attention is called 
to the rich carvings embodied also in the table, and which are 
characteristically Italian. The whole effect is somewhat palatial. 
The same artistic appeal is further revealed in the very 
handsome chair illustrated. There is generally a founda¬ 
tion idea which is very marked in the bases of the chairs, 
though seen also in the table referred to, the high back 
terminating in Heuresque embellishments and 
gives almost the impression of a throne. The 
front legs and arm supports are really minia¬ 
ture pillars; and the chair as a whole pre¬ 
serves the square architectural effect common 
to the type. The upholstery panels intensify 
the same note. As to Italian fabrics, the 
choice is so wide as to present no difficulty. 
It is rather fortunate that the season's tend¬ 
encies, instead of being focused on any one 
outstanding style, involve no less than the 
three outlined above; so that there is some 
range of selection in accord with the style of 
one’s residence and its interior architecture. 
The ingenuity of foreign designers of wall¬ 
papers has created several novelties acceptable 
to the European housewife. Here in America 
we may now find the opportunity of availing 
ourselves of this work. 
Perhaps the most notable innovation is the 
combination of side-wall and border on every 
roll of paper. They are printed together. At the top of every 
length of side-wall a section of border is to be found. It is 
printed on the body of the paper like a crown, only it is a regula¬ 
tion frieze. A single 
roll contains side-wall, 
frieze and sometimes 
binder also. 
The advantages of 
such combination pa¬ 
pers are many. In the 
first place, you are 
sure to buy the cor¬ 
rect things to go to¬ 
gether. There is no 
question whether the 
border suits the pa¬ 
per. In other papers 
it is often puzzling to 
find just the frieze 
suited to a side wall 
that exactly pleases 
our fancy. A long- 
search frequently en¬ 
sues that takes time 
and energy. With the 
new papers this trou¬ 
ble is avoided. The 
body and border are 
made to go together. 
Then again, the de¬ 
signs are harmonious 
and the coloring iden¬ 
tical — two important 
features. In fact, every point has been carefully considered by 
designers and colorists before the papers are put on the market. 
The home decorators can rest assured the ensemble will be right 
—whatever is selected. 
Hanging these papers is simple. Each length is cut off just 
above the frieze section and hung as a plain paper. The strips 
are made to match from ceiling to baseboard. There is no waste 
from matching as in the ordinary kinds of paper. Every strip is 
made long enough for a high ceiling. It may be cut, therefore, 
to suit any height. 
When the wall is covered with paper the 
work is complete. There is no separate hang¬ 
ing of borders, no cutting of elaborate friezes 
to consume time of paper-hanger or tax the 
patience of thrifty housewife. There is no 
danger of borders not sticking nor of intricate 
cut-outs being torn. Every delicate tracery of 
vine or leaf is kept in its perfection. There 
is no slightest sign of unevenness to mark the 
outline of the border. The work is easily and 
quickly done. Even poor workmen can scarce¬ 
ly fail to. do it well. Advantages, these, which 
are sure to be appreciated in the strenuous 
American life. 
A word is necessary about the hangings 
which are suitable to furnishings such as these 
described here. 
For the more formal rooms, when a particu¬ 
lar color note is emphasized, decorators still 
recommend the rich velours or velour effects. 
Their effect is decidedly attractive in the play 
of light which makes them appear as though 
they were of several tones where folds occur. 
Shops have so many varieties it is difficult to 
enumerate them in small space; suffice it to say that for each 
furniture covering mentioned here there is an appropritate color 
match or a harmonious combination to be had. 
In bedrooms or in 
summer rooms there 
is a growing tendency 
to duplicate the wall¬ 
paper design in the 
curtains. Although it 
i s sometimes done 
with figured papers 
the effect is apt to be 
too monotonous and 
grows tiresome. 
When the walls are 
plain, however, and 
there is a figured 
frieze, the repetition 
of frieze motif in the 
curtains is very accep¬ 
table. Decorators are 
supplying more and 
more fabrics each 
year which are de- 
si g n e d to match 
friezes, c r o w n s or 
even the strip borders 
of wall-papers. A 
good example of this 
is shown in the bed- 
roo m illustrated on 
this page. The narrow 
curtain design is ex¬ 
actly reproduced in repetition in these curtains and appears as 
an allover pattern, well set off against the neutral tones of the 
paper. Many such combinations in imported and domestic 
goods- are at the command of the buyer this season, and the 
variety includes the most attractive and original designs. 
One of the most noticeable develop¬ 
ments of the season is the revival 
of petit point embroidery for chairs 
This simple bedroom is effective in its cutout border which is duplicated attractively in 
the hangings. This gives color to a neutral toned background paper 
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