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House & Garden 
In a country bedroom the curtains 
may be of blue chambray edged with 
perforated yellow oilcloth, the val¬ 
ance, of course, having a wider edge 
than the curtains. The slipper cab¬ 
inet is painted blue with an oilcloth 
inserted panel. The slipper stool is 
covered with blue chambray and 
bands of the yellow oilcloth 
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ING COLORED OILCLOTH 
Having Passed Through The Chintz and Satin Era, We Now Elevate This Humble Eabric 
To An Honored and Useful Place In Decoration 
AGNES FOSTER WRIGHT 
O ILCLOTH? Why not? We have 
used satins, taffetas, nets, brocades, 
laces, rep; we have advanced from 
plain chintz to glazed chintz. It is only 
natural that the next step be oilcloth. Its 
use is new, its colors diverting and it can 
serve innumerable decorative purposes. 
For example, the pillows clustered about 
the red and black folding porch chair on the 
opposite page—one has per¬ 
forated points stitched back 
onto a darker background, 
another is black with per¬ 
forations showing red; the 
triangle design for ham¬ 
mock corners is red, black 
and white with black and 
white tassels; the round pil¬ 
low has laced sides of green 
and yellow with a tiny yel¬ 
low fringe, the next is an 
automobile cushion with 
side pockets to hold veils 
and gloves, or the hexag¬ 
onal car pillow and finally 
the laced design in white 
and cool yellow. The avail¬ 
able color combinations are 
amazing. These designs 
hold their shape well; they 
can be easily cleansed and 
the colors are permanent even in sunlight. 
Using oilcloth in a country house bed¬ 
room affords several diverting schemes. In 
one I am suggesting curtains of blue cham¬ 
bray with an edging and valance of yellow 
oilcloth. The slipper cabinet, which is 
painted blue, has oilcloth inserted in the 
door. Inside the slippers are hung on rods; 
the drawers are for stockings. Below is a 
little slipper stool in the blue chambray and 
yellow bands. 
A smart little breakfast room could be 
furnished with curtains of gray glazed 
chintz having a brilliant cherry colored de¬ 
sign and edged with narrow bindings of 
red oilcloth. For the valance use a straight 
piece of red oilcloth with a looped fringe. 
The undercurtains will be sheer red net. 
A finishing touch will be 
given by red cord pulls with 
wooden tassels painted 
black. A table with a red 
oilcloth top has gray legs 
with red decorations. The 
simple ladder-back chairs 
are painted gray and have 
tight slip seats of the red 
oilcloth. To complete the 
color scheme, even the 
porcelain cock contributes 
the scarlet of his comb, the 
gray of his feathers. 
For a child’s room one 
might use a bed painted 
green with blue oilcloth 
inserts in head and foot 
boards. This can be 
washed. Spread, stool 
and curtains are green 
gingham with a narrow 
band of blue oilcloth 
