Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1913 — NAPKIN RINGS MOST ORNATE [ARTICLE]

NAPKIN RINGS MOST ORNATE

Elaborate and Dainty Dining Table Accompaniments Made Both In Sliver and Gold. Oblong napkin rings with squaredoff ends are among the novelties in table furnishings. They are developed in silver and gold, decorated with an engraved pattern or repousse pounded into an oriental design and in carved ivory or painted celluloid. These oblong rings are found cheek by Jowl with the holders of circular type which, Instead of being rather ponderous affairs, are now decidedly narrow and rather sphrsely decorated. They also lack the rolling double rims which erstwhile distinguished such rings. Not especially substantial, yet wonderfully attractive, are the napkin rings of filigree silver. Of the most delicate design and Irregularly edged, they look—when drawn over a roll of damask—like a tracery in frost. If carefully handled they do not bend out of shape or break, but it is necessary to use extreme deliberation in cleaning.