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For the summer, the heavier red damask curtains in 
this room have been supplanted by a light figured 
material, but the winter damask valances remain and 
the painted cornices or valance boards, giving an air 
of permanence. Lee Porter, decorator 
The severity of the black velvet curtains in the room 
below is relieved by a narrow gilt ornamented cor¬ 
nice. The under-curtains, which are of a sheer fabric, 
are made with a little connecting valance. From the 
home of Lee Porter, decorator 
In a bedroom of the Willard Brown house at Auburn- 
dale, Mass., the yellow and blue taffeta curtains are 
edged with yellow and blue rucking and a gilt cornice 
has a double ruffle of yellow and blue. Brett, Gray 
&• Hartwell, decorators 
•I dignified Victorian room with high ceiling required 
a cornice that would give a level finish to the top of 
the curtain. The line is further lowered by the 
draped valance, a treatment rich in color and line. 
Lee Porter, decorator 
its treatment. On the hrst 
page is the treatment of a 
door. In this room it was 
desirable to have the door 
curtained in the same man¬ 
ner as an adjacent window. 
.1 gilt cornice is used, a pleat¬ 
ed and shaped valance below 
that, and the curtains fin¬ 
ished in the same style as the 
valance, falling on each side. 
In another case, two win¬ 
dows in a corner have been 
given a summer treatment. 
The winter draperies are 
crimson damask. These have 
been removed, but the val¬ 
ances left suspended from the 
painted valance board. In 
the place of the winter cur¬ 
tains is a white fabric with 
large patterned flowers in a 
tone to match the winter 
damask valances remaining. 
The cornice in a bedroom 
of the Willard Brown house 
at Auburndale, Mass., is an 
example of delightful use. 
'I'he drapery is old yellow 
taffeta with a blue stripe. 
The curtain and tie-backs 
are finished with a ruching 
of blue lined with yellow. 
This same finish has been 
used on the top and bottom 
of the old gilt cornice, a 
double ruffle of blue and yel¬ 
low. The glass curtains are 
blue gauze. 
The old gilt cornice in a 
high-studded Victorian room 
is also illustrated. Here the 
problem is to drape the win¬ 
dow with dignity and yet 
prevent the vertical lines of 
the curtains from adding to 
the- height of the room. Not 
only is a cornice used, thus 
apparently lowering the ceil¬ 
ing and 'giving a dignified 
finish to the window, but the 
line has been further lowered 
by the draped valance. 
A final example is a gilt 
cornice with l)lack velvet cur¬ 
tains. 
