LEATHER VOGUES

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 215, 30 November 1927, Page 9

LEATHER VOGUES

ITS NUMEROUS USES There is no end to the uses to which leather is put nowadays. It is even employed for the fashioning of a bedspread. The shape favoured is that of the Queen Anne period, an' 1 a rePousse panel of iecoruted leather in the form of flower clusters is shaped to suit the contours of the two portions. The rose, yellow and green of the flowers show up admirably agai.-st the nut-brown of the rest of the leather. A polished leather cover for sidehoards is another innovation. If the handles of the drawers and cupboard ai ® of brass, small nails headed with the same metal form a decorative finish to the edges. A nail-studded chest, after the fashion of an old-fashioned travelling trunk of hide, with an ornamental lock openwork metal silt looks most effective barked by a piece of scarlet leather, cut to shape. This addition coloured leather fronted with pierced metal gives quite a mediaeval air to * hall. Such chests are useful for housing rugs, extra blankets and trav-

elling raiment when there is a scarcity of box-room. ___ Screens of tooled and gilt leather are also in demand. They are expensive; hence the vogue among amateurs for leathercraft lessons from experienced teachers. Charming boxes for needlework cigarettes, cards and stationery are being made from decorated leather stretched over boxes of white wood. The inner side of the wood is generally enamelled in some bright colour, such as vermilion or turquoise blue. One builds a home for all time. It is not wise to erect a house to endure but a few years. Homebuilders who use proper foresight do not "build upon the sands.’’