To make a cretonne cornice, take a strip of cretonne, pleat it at the
edges, and tack it under the bottom of the cornice, then take a roll of
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paper, not too thick ; place it in the center and tack the cretonne over
it ; tack it to the top so that it will form a half-round, pink both edges
of a strip of cretonne ; make it into niching and run a narrow gimp
down the center and nail it on with gimp tacks, top and bottom of the
cornice. These are to hang over lambrequins of the same material and
trimming.
When the craze for Japanese goods came in, a fancy for using cheap
paper fans in decorations came in with it. There was a time (and still
is), when rooms were littered with gaudy fans, and every door sur-
mounted by them ; to suit such surroundings a lambrequin was made
of marvelous shaped wings, the center forming a fan, the goods also
draped to form fans spreading from each corner at the top ; the wings
were trimmed, the center fan having heavy fringe hanging from it,
whilst those on the sides were trimmed only with a narrow fluffy fringe,
which gave a look of feather edge to the fan-shaped drapery. Around
the room in which this was hung was a border of deep red cloth, a
little over a foot deep, and which was stretched on the wall as tightly
as paper. This red cloth served as a back ground. On this two fans
were crossed at intervals of about a foot, while between each pair of
fans was hung a large peacock feather. The effect was striking, as the
distance softened the rough colors of the fans. This design is very
pretty for a studio, either public or private.
WINDOW SHADES.
Those who have white shades and are tired of them can easily have
them colored a deep red for the more common rooms, bath-room, back
hall and back windows. A rule of household art is that shades should
be the same color as the outside of the house, and every one alike.
For instance a red brick with white finishings should have white shades
at the windows ; a white house, white shades ; a gray house, shades of
the same tint as the stone mountings, etc. Brown shades are an abomi-
nation even in a brown house, and the rule may be deviated from here,
and a delicate buff be substituted.
The most expensive and at the same time the most beautiful shades
are those of soft silk, shirred through the center and at the sides, form-
ing two scallops at the bottom, and trimmed with fringe of the same
color. These are usually lined with a contrasting color, as sea-green
with pale pink, maroon with pale blue, or pale blue with rose-pink, etc.
As a variety from white window shades many ladies are embroidering
in outline work with filoselle or crewel, gray or buff shades, in linen or
Holland. A simple pattern, such as morning-glories or wild roses, is
worked in shaded silks or crewels, or in a deep brown and crimson
Roman key or scroll pattern, and finished with linen guipure or
linen fringe. Shades with drawn work borders are handsome. Gray
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
To make a cretonne cornice, take a strip of cretonne, pleat it at the edges, and tack it under the bottom of the cornice, then take a roll of
WINDOW SHADES. 151
paper, not too thick ; place it in the center and tack the cretonne over it ; tack it to the top so that it will form a half-round, pink both edges of a strip of cretonne ; ; make it into niching and run a narrow gimp down the center and nail it on with gimp tacks, top and bottom of the cornice. These are to hang over lambrequins of the same material and trimming.
When the craze for Japanese goods came in, a fancy for using cheap paper fans in decorations came in with it. There was a time (and still is), when rooms were littered with gaudy fans, and every door surmounted by them ; to suit such surroundings a lambrequin was made of marvelous shaped wings, the center forming a fan, the goods also draped to form fans spreading from each corner at the top ; the wings were trimmed, the center fan having heavy fringe hanging from it, whilst those on the sides were trimmed only with a narrow fluffy fringe, which gave a look of feather edge to the fan-shaped drapery. Around the room in which this was hung was a border of deep red cloth, a little over a foot deep, and which was stretched on the wall as tightly as paper. This red cloth served as a back ground. On this two fans were crossed at intervals of about a foot, while between each pair of fans was hung a large peacock feather. The effect was striking, as the distance softened the rough colors of the fans. This design is very pretty for a studio, either public or private.
WINDOW SHADES.
Those who have white shades and are tired of them can easily have them colored a deep red for the more common rooms, bath-room, back hall and back windows. A rule of household art is that shades should be the same color as the outside of the house, and every one alike. For instance a red brick with white finishings should have white shades at the windows ; a white house, white shades ; a gray house, shades of the same tint as the stone mountings, etc. Brown shades are an abomination even in a brown house, and the rule may be deviated from here, and a delicate buff be substituted.
The most expensive and at the same time the most beautiful shades are those of soft silk, shirred through the center and at the sides, forming two scallops at the bottom, and trimmed with fringe of the same color. These are usually lined with a contrasting color, as sea-green with pale pink, maroon with pale blue, or pale blue with rose-pink, etc.
As a variety from white window shades many ladies are embroidering in outline work with filoselle or crewel, gray or buff shades, in linen or Holland. A simple pattern, such as morning-glories or wild roses, is worked in shaded silks or crewels, or in a deep brown and crimson Roman key or scroll pattern, and finished with linen guipure or linen fringe. Shades with drawn work borders are handsome. Gray