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COLOR TENDENCIES 
IN SPRING FABRICS 
Despite unsettled conditions, the new linens and 
cretonnes are unparalleled for their variety of pattern 
and beauty of color. Nine of the latest fabrics 
selected especially for House & Garden readers are 
shown here with suggestions for their use. Names of 
shops will be gladly furnished or purchases can be 
made by writing to The Shopping Service, House & 
Garden, 445 Fourth Avenue, New York City 
W E are recovering from Poiret— 
Heaven be praised! 
A few years back the color cacophonies 
of Poiret and Hoffman gave the world a 
shock. But we took them into our homes, 
nevertheless, even though they weren’t liv¬ 
able. The latest line of fabrics seems to be 
‘convalescing. Colors are less startling 
though no less brilliant; they are blended. 
The designs are more natural and, on the 
whole, the fabrics are more comfortable to 
live with than of yore. 
The most popular colors? Judging from 
the demands of those who shop early for 
their Spring fabrics, one would say that 
reddish lavender, navy blue and Alice blue 
combined with lemon yellow, and emerald 
and sage green are the predominant tones. 
Black and white as a combination, of 
course, has quite gone out. 
And from these unsettled times we have 
reaped at least one benefit—the imported 
fabrics that used to fetch sky-high prices 
are now being copied in a more reasonable 
line by American manufacturers. More¬ 
over, the increased use of linens, cretonnes 
and similar fabrics is evidently so encour¬ 
aging to the manufacturers that, in spite 
of the conditions that exist in Europe, the 
Spring showing is resplendent with pattern 
after pattern showing originality and genu¬ 
ine worth in both design and color. 
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"'Jewel Cloth” is 
a new departure 
in domestic cre¬ 
tonnes. On vari¬ 
colored haclc- 
grounds, but 
particularly ef-^ 
fective on black, 
are sprinkled 
gold dots. White 
trees and gay 
flowers are sil- 
houetted against 
it. 36" wide. $1.35 
dotted ground; 
85 cents plain 
ground 
A beautiful example of hand-blocked French cretonne, suitable for 
upholstery or curtains, comes with a putty color or black back¬ 
ground and sprays of flotvers in greens and browns, red, violet, 
tan and grey. 31" wide, $1.75 a yard 
The J ack-o'-lantern pattern 
on the chair and above comes 
in several shades of blue, 
crimson and violet against 
white. It is even more effec¬ 
tive with a black background, 
and orange, green and old 
blue motifs. 50 cents a yard 
A very modern apple design fabric suggests the dining-room. On a white ground are 
brown twigs, green leaves, natural color blossoms and red and yellow apples. One color 
line is shown in the photograph above and the other—with a black background and violet 
apples—in the drawing. 36" wide, 85 cents a yard 
