Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 August 1951 — Page 37

n't ' SUNDAY, AUG. 5, 1051 THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES PAGE 37 ol «| BLocal Milk Glass Expert Owns Many Of Rarest Pieces, Gives Collecting Tips Bolsters Turn Victorian’ Drapes Are Back is S19 Jey By JEAN TABBERT Although he has incorporated § ud being used both in the tradie ney 2 THERE'S A. Cinderella .a good many of the milk glass Day- Bed tonal and contemporary 1051 rials. | twist to the romance of pieces into his home, Mr. Myers To obtain the true period affected by milk glass. C. A. Myers, has most of them situated in the feeling, colors in the floral fab-

monly found ain enameled

4737 Boulevard Place, is a

recreation room. They're encased in neat cabinets built into

Into Sofa

ric print used should range from mauve to amethyst,

ly used for local expert and collector who the knotty pine walls, a tip tc Y cones and knows the tale well, : collectors of other items baffled Turn a, day-bed, a studio es RE TS : The owner of more than at the storage problem. couch, or a boxsprings-on- make, Begin by concocting a 2000 pieces, Mr. Myers has been A large group of the col- p g ) g CS ——— L i Re: Tas 1926. It lection is exhibited on long legs bed into a sofa. It's all Swag fron & sirsigh Sut of the ————— 3 | wad a 25-cent trinket in shelves shown. done with bolsters fabric. ut the two ends e { | Brookville that caught his eye 4 4 bias, and add a 9-inch ruffle. Fragrant {| then Now he owns some Yt HIS TIPS TO other toliece 1, T)2 honeymoon liome awaiting 8 a a 3 THS : the most valuable examples in tors? Mr. Myers says all good | he Dew sofa, the one-room apart- THE SWAG is gently folded, § existence, pieces bear dates, .these make ment, the study that must be a rufie at bottom, and lovped Ibs 4 THe glass, first made in the them more expensive. Although guest room, the bedroom that as- through rings placed at cor- ; $1 ! 1860's, appeared on the table- it's simple to recognize good pires to be a bed-setting room, — ners of the window ' frame, ny ® ware scone a3 Premiums They glass after handling it for some all thesé make no compromise Thus the ruffies fall gracefully or $2) § were sold at 89 cents a dozen, time, the knowledge of manu- with styles when bolsters are down on each dide' like the § a far cry from the fabulous facturers’ names makes it easily added to plain sleeping comfort. bustle on a Victorian gown. re reliow: Prices mR glass now. coms known from the beginning. The biggest job a bolster can The side draperies, also p10oND WN mands, Such firms as Atterbury, do 18 to make a back for the vided with a ruffle of the sam®»

in A) oo ss. On arri-

3D. a | 11, yoaden Dnoids, then sold, ways stamped their insignia in so it can be sat on comfortably widths of the fabric diminish rs postpaid. | \ ard containers or their pieces. without awkward sprawling. : : to one width at the botiem. salesman’s sgmples. Many were ‘Bases to figures are hard to | This takes depth at the base ; : Pese, too, when hung, gs. Jept. 14881 gaudy painted with gilt or find, according to Mr. Myers, of the bolster so the depth of the NEW—Victorian draperies in sume a bustle shape. A large nt. 1 gaudy because housewives broke them geating surface is cut down home decoration brass ornamental curtainpole k ecoration, Designs Faded more easily than the tops. After : at ihe top compietes the Vige thelr contents were used, they Popular Arrangement HOME FURNISHINGS are torian effect. —~ | Through the years the dec- were pushed back on pantry : TN tary i — oration has faded, causing the shelves, often forgotten and | T10dAY's favorite is.the bolster hiking" back to the turn of . majority of milk glass to ap- broken. © {nat has ‘a comfortable Slant, ,, century Sh far as drapMOWER Fasortty of, ilk glist to sp Demand has made the glass and it may be fairly tall, to pro- iLUry Se ¢ as af VR PISY ae if docs now—miiis 3s jump in price, so much so thers vide extra back support, or lower €ries are concel ned. ou i § | milk. Other ‘types were made are many imitations that have in the manner of modern sofas Indorsed by =o na- FOUNDATIONS and SUPPORTS a Po it cuts. bright blue and various shades been made. The infallible test Square bolsters are popular for ;.,..¢ <martest decorators, perky ta "faire int sim, "pleasing. nas. At n can of slag. i to look for “oysters” in the [Doth back and arms, in the same °° “7° » ries wre] TTS ime iL arovides, heotiul sums rate it. | Some milk glass was manu- bottom of the piece. When held height, or with the back balsters Victorian “bustle” draperies are: pen to back, SEdemen Sud Seas. Meds id t factured In England and to the light, these marks closely taller than the arm bolsters. The er x ; actured in SRE1nd ane regemble the sea animals and bed can become a corner piece . ; § , and Breast S ts for all types of v fry che, iby as a gis yp GLASS COLLECTOR—C. A. Myers, 4737 Boulevard Place. inspects the rare steer's head in ere made from the original With an arm bolster at one end MORRISONS ii ga ee of uplift | i i o i ayment made seldom but in many his large milk glass collection. process. only. Indiana's F White Snd. tes rose, sists 32 10.54, bly Payments colors, Old pitchers have pewter tops, The slanted bolster is smart at n ang $ Foremost One of the loveliest in Mr. mantle, tieing in with the Early Mr. Myers has pieces from the this grouping. Other outstand- the reproductions are tin. 'the head of a bed, and the taller Apparel Shop TRIXY OF INDIANAPOLIS : BE 100 Myers’ collection is an orchid American room’s furnishings. Atterbury Co. farmyard assort- ing examples the local collector Among the oldest patterns are ones or triangular bolsters are i | bird on a basket. The crafts. The Mr, and Mrs. combination - ments, too. The white rabbits has are the boar and steer the blackberry, sawtooth and deep comfort with the mid-night 20 W Washington St 603 ODD FELLOW BLDG, LI-3743% Sond, man was Vallery Stahl, well- is one of the rarest known. 80 popular now were a part of heads. giant thumbprint designs whodunnit. — known to all collectors and the | — : | i Le | ereator of many other designs. | Represented in the group are ME | 8i1X manufacturers, a number of PING historic shapes. Reflecting the . | periods in which they were conIER : | ceived are images of the British ¢ | lion, the American eagle and on plants were 3 three of its “eggs,” our posJn cold storase . | sessions at the time. There are er, 8 Now, a fava: | Jrany Sranith- Ambncan novelor “by having 8 | §, too, all made during the ts, Call § g In pois. Ca : 1898 war, NORK + Mr. and Mrs. Ducks ist, we are able ; ESPECIALLY handsome is a : 1 ed Amon Qs 1 pair of amethyst-headed ducks. me expert men z They, 8it on the living room » - | bs BRD: 2) ih rem

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