PAPER FIXINGS.
A fashionable journals devoted to the fashions says:—"The fashion of weaving paper articles is coming up again in London. Paper fraises in great variety are being worn; some of them are edged with most delicatelooking lace, and have the appearance of very costly work. Perhaps the oddest things, in the way of paper articles are the jnpons, which may be worn on a fine day, without the slightest risk of detection, and look like fine calico and pretty embroidery. What would our great-grandmothers have thought of paper petticoats? The paper bed-quilts are marvels of imitation. In appearance they exactly resemble a Marsella counterpane of a handsome pattern. The table-cloths, which may be bought for sixpence a piece, are not so successful; they lack the smoothness of damask, and being rough they catch the dirt very easily. Short lace curtains for windows, made of paper cut into extremely delicate liicc patterns, are very pretty, and if Hot pulled about, will last clean a long
time, and the cost of them is very little more than the price of washing tho heavier and uglier muslin and long ones."
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Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1147, 3 February 1874, Page 3
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188PAPER FIXINGS. Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1147, 3 February 1874, Page 3
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