TABLE DECORATION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 522, 1 June 1909, Page 3

TABLE DECORATION.

: ; v Table decoration '■'is invariably a matter of moment to.'the honio. maker. ,' Just' now,with the. chrysanthemum season on the wano, and thiiir. usual, few. weeks of .flower faniine imminerit, most; women think a .trifle sadly .ori the'subject.' As a matter of fact (says an i Australian" paper) far too much of the - onus ;of ,decorating is left to flowers. ■ Of. course wo know that tho days are-gone when, a : multiplicity /of small 1 vases. vexed. our . souls. :Most J women : recognise, the pictorial value of a blue ciiina .'bowj full of bluo gum, or a .brass or copper/bowl, holding native honeyjsuckle or bottlel-bush./Few/of them, :how.ever, have tried -the • effect of this variety, of decoi'atibns on. their tables: Tho tendency of' thc modern tablecloth is to get smaller and smaller, and the day is within • appreciable '-..distance;- whenwe -.will; .adopt] >tho,'American idea' of /having: only a very; small - overhang. ;- Theso;'small tablecloths iare . usually edged with narrow, good 'lac'o, ithough -the -tablecloth finished . with , a - fine scalloped edge' is growing daily moro 'lar,; 'The round or; actagonal tablo, has ...induced ,' many 'changes .'in .'.tablo ;linou/; the. | centre/piece ;or runner beiug, always lii ovidencp.; Vory' often this centre piece of fino [ whito,-linen ..or damask is beautifully , embroidered with washing silks in. iseveral shados of, saxo blub, .lleds, greens, and violets in deep/as weli; as pale shades aro also' characteristic.,of. much tablo embroidery. For small tables , tho idea of a' coloured" border, done. in washing embroidery, is boing accorded m,nc!i favour.