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Late English Genoese print on cotton. Separate designs 
of this character make suitable wall decorations for cot¬ 
tage rooms 
Classic vases hold floral 
bouquets in this French 
chintz with gray ground 
and white print 
floral designs ar- 
n narrow panels 
A conventional French de 
sign of flowers in color oi 
a cream ground 
ground are 
'/ flowers in 
with a setting of red and 
white flowers on a gray back¬ 
ground. The same coloring 
is used in the representation 
of the allegorical scene. Then 
we find the conventional de¬ 
sign in different lines of col¬ 
oring. They show clusters 
of flowers worked out in 
stripes and groups. 
Because of the daintiness 
of their design and coloring 
chintzes are eminently suit¬ 
able for use in morning 
rooms, boudoirs and bed¬ 
rooms. They should not find 
a place in rooms of formal 
character. There is an inti¬ 
macy about these fabrics 
which requires an intimate 
atmosphere. Moreover, their 
designs are usually so amus¬ 
ing, if one may be permitted 
to use the parlance of the pro¬ 
fessional decorator; they have 
a vivacity of color and design 
and permit of a wide variety 
of treatments. 
Perhaps the most interest¬ 
ing m a n n e r of handling 
chintz is to bind it with sateen 
or silk of a corresponding or 
contrasting color. 
Take, for example, the al¬ 
legorical print on the bottom 
of the opposite page. It is 
suitable for a morning room 
where easy couches, the mis¬ 
tress’ writing desk and sew¬ 
ing appointments would con¬ 
stitute the general furnish¬ 
ings. The color is red on a 
white ground. This could be 
used for curtains and covers, 
and the draw cords and 
pulls of the curtains could be 
coral, and the seams of the 
furniture covers the same. A 
jade green vase in some part 
of the room would deepen the 
coral note. 
Chintzes of these designs 
should be made up fairly 
simple because the fabrics 
themselves contain a great 
deal of color and pattern ac¬ 
tion. Simple one-tone bind¬ 
ing and a simple treatment of 
valances to go with them will 
display the fabric itself to 
greater effect and prevent the 
hangings and covers from an¬ 
noying the eye or detracting 
too much from the furniture 
ensemble. The under cur¬ 
tains would be net or scrim. 
Fabrics of this character 
require furniture light in 
scale. Their daintiness calls 
for French pieces painted in 
soft tones and with rattan 
inserts or some of the painted 
American styles simple in 
line. If one has to put up 
with heavy pieces in the 
morning room or boudoir, 
their weight may be hidden 
by covers. Remember, apro¬ 
pos of this, that slip covers 
are not exclusively a summer 
device. Incidentally, they are 
also a good wartime treat¬ 
ment for furniture which is 
shabby but which cannot be 
replaced until more prosper¬ 
ous times return. 
