Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar71910newy (find matches)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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the thick homespun is also available. The skill of an artist might well be expended on the choice of pillow covers for a divan, to do away with the mistakes so often seen in assembling garish colors, clumsy fabrics, and discordant designs. As the windows of an arts and crafts house are exempt from the conven- tional treatment of lace draperies, a thin net may be bought by the yard from twenty cents a yard upwards and hung only to the sill. A heavier curtain may be put up for the cold months of the year and drawn together in the evening. For a room that is well lighted a figured madras may be hung across the glass, or the new unfadable fabrics may be used to give color in a sheer material. Navajo rugs contribute charm
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Dining-room in fumed oak A hallway settle woven in the old way on hand looms, ings cost seventy-live cents a yard, and and designs from one dollar to three o yard. Until the last few years a wide sewing together the necessary yard-wide by twelve rug is now woven in one piece. In considering the color of the finish for the furni- ture it is well to remember that the nearer it comes to the finish of the woodwork the more harmonious will be the interior effect. For the coverings of the chairs it is well sometimes to avoid the heavy leathers, especially in a winter home, and substitute the new designs in tapestry in small, set figures of three or four colors. For tufted cushions for seats or chairs there is nothing bet- ter than corduroy at a dollar and a quarter a yard. At the same price The mixed color- the special colors r four dollars a rug was made by strips; but a nine

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