Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 122, 27 March 1912 — Page 22

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGllM, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1013. uaint and Clever Floor Coverings

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By Marie Evelyn Stuart

N the old day, before the ad-

rent of the Woman's Pact and Household Magazine, the arts and craft movement and the American Renaissance,

their flood of theory and fact.

and fancy. Information on

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period and opinions as to the merits of specially designed furniture, furnishing a room or a home was comparatlrely a simple matter. Then one merely took one's money and purchased whatever the furniture dealer, in one's native town, suggested. Now the bouse- , wife, or house-holder, actual or to be, must take time and thought as well as money, and, alas, the wealth of style and Information on styles, leads to no small amount of confusion. For awhile, period decoration fairly obsessed the decorative world, but hepplly it rage has subsided it fury

baring perhaps spent itself on a few fine hotels and the like. True we do see period bouse and period room, good and bad, but for the most part American taste seems to run toward two characteristic American styles, In furnishing as in architecture, the Colonial and the modern Art and Crafts designs, or designs of a mission origin. There is much to be said in favor of both these styles. Including the fact that they are native to the soil. Colonial mahogany, with white enamel panellings, is always a beautiful, calm, dignified and stately style of furnishingelegant, but simple and substantial, like the early aristocracy of our land. In a house whose architecture is of this type, such furnishings give the final touch of nobility. A rather large house always develops Itself harmoniously along these lines, and one

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does not regret seeing Colonial effects obtain so firm a hold on the American fancy. The term Colonial however, 1 a loose one, as furnishings in this style may show Sberraton, Hepplewhite, Chippendale, Georgian or William and Mary lines. These were the models of the Colonial craftsmen who wrought conceits .a trifle heavier and simpler, by reason of the fact that they possessed fewer tools and less craftsmanship. It was through these very limitations, however, that they achieved distinction and created a style. The modified Mission and Arts and Crafts designs, representative of present day taste, in furniture, resembles the Colonial in being simple. They surpass it in simplicity, 'howeVer, and sometimes seem even lo savor of the crude. Nevertheless, tfwejj' executed Interior along these MfS, with low beam

celling, . rough, plain brick fireplace, dark wood furniture, many paned, leaded casement windows, bit of simple crude, fine toned pottery, basket work, hand-woven or Indian rugs, old pieces of pewter', copper and china, mingled with Arts and Crafts designs in the same wares, possesses both a richness and a restfulness, the charm of subdued and mellow colors and simple lines, creating an atmosphere of cosiness and comfort. The bungalow, thus furnished. Is the product of the thought and taste of our7 day. How future generations shall regard it is a question, but we believe it baa found a place in our national life and that its spirit of simple, substantial sincerity Is in keeping with our Democratic principles. All in all, as the flower of our American Renaissance, there seems to be no reason, why we should not be proud of It

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REHOVUNEID CEMENT CAN GIVE GOOD PRICES ON BARREL . CARLOADS OR IN FACT, ANY AMOUNT YOU MAY DESIRE. BY GOOD PRICES, WE MEAN REASONABLE PRICES; PRICES YOU CANNOT GET ELSEWHERE ON OTHER CEMENT.

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fc 3jYon can use them without """fear of reproach, for they

are again the atode, thanks to the Arts

and Craft movement If grandmother failed to leave you any of these proofs of her industry and skill, why let us

hope that she left you the industry and

skill to fashion a few for yourself.

If you live in a city, or town, where

the Arts and Craft movement Is in

full swing, yod will find there are quite

a number of craftsmen, or art dyers. Take them your rags, and they will dye them, in lovely, soft shades, with

vegetable dyes ehades. that will take

on what artists call a "tone" with wear, and age Into greater beauty. There are some shades of blue, particularly, which are simply exquisite,

dull, soft and pleasing, In perfect harmony with dark oak furniture or light

er floors. ,

Wool rags make the handsomest rugs and monotone, or two-toned effect are considered the moat artistic. It you haven't the time, material or Inclination for such handiwork, you can purchase fine examples in the Arts and Crafts Shops or pretty wool carpets and rugs, in similar effects, from the regular dealers. Some very simple, heavily woven, woolen rugs have found their way to the market recently, so that for a very low price the home may be outfitted with really tasteful floor coverings. Old Brussels and Ingrain carpets are converted into attractive looking woven rugs, which might be made quite handsome, by dyeing all the old material to one color, when the different shades of .the original carpet would produce lighter and darker variations of the color scheme. In buying figured ruga, it ia well to select those in Oriental pattern, and a small, broken design will be found to keep it looks better and show dust

I lew than a larger and more open on.

In selecting Oriental rut s nooJd be careful to choose pattern of nfficient similarity, In design and color, for one room, so that they may not clash or give a patch-work effect. Too many ruga often prove as fflstrsslaf a too few. In fact producing an oppressive, rather than an impressive aspect, it la always wis to sacrifice quantity to quality In hoqsehold for nlshings, and especially la thai true of floor covering, which more than anything else are subjects to a rigid taste by severe usage, under our harpheeled, hard-aoled shoes. Perhaps when we become truly civilised, we shall be guided by the wisdom of the ancient civilisations of the Orient, and) leave our street ahee beside the door, donning soft slippers, free from the dirt and germ of the street, for boosewear, and more gsntls la the treatment of our carpets and rags. Until och time, however, wo shall bo obliged to exercise great diecrltntnatiea ' aa to

the wearing qualities of these coverings.

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