. Decorative textiles; an illustrated book on coverings for furniture, walls and floors, including damasks, brocades and velvets, tapestries, laces, embroideries, chintzes, cretones, drapery and furniture trimmings, wall papers, carpets and rugs, tooled and illuminated leathers. ion the gold leathers coming from England, as well as thosecoming from Venice. We are compelled to admit that these last twosurpass ours in brilliancy, beauty of design and durability. A greatadvantage of leather hangings is the fact that they are less damagedthan cloth and wool by dampness and insects; they lose littl
. Decorative textiles; an illustrated book on coverings for furniture, walls and floors, including damasks, brocades and velvets, tapestries, laces, embroideries, chintzes, cretones, drapery and furniture trimmings, wall papers, carpets and rugs, tooled and illuminated leathers. ion the gold leathers coming from England, as well as thosecoming from Venice. We are compelled to admit that these last twosurpass ours in brilliancy, beauty of design and durability. A greatadvantage of leather hangings is the fact that they are less damagedthan cloth and wool by dampness and insects; they lose little of theirbrilliance with age; they collect little dust, and that little is easilyremoved by washing with a sponge; they do not furnish nests for themoths in summer that lay their eggs in other tapestries. Yet theirancient vogue no longer continues, and nowadays we see them rele-gated to the entrance halls of country houses. Leather hangings aremade of skins of calf, kid or sheep, which seem gilded; which aresilvered, raised in relief and sewed together. In Paris, sheepskins areusually used, although calf and kid are more beautiful and moredurable; but they cost more. After the skins are softened and made 433 3W»»fl^e<e»^^l^S»©«(Wfi^a^lB^»SS^6«»^^. ip^jrvVvvlrv^inr^vnrvvvvv
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