POSTER CUSHIONS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18457, 21 July 1923, Page 6 (Supplement)

POSTER CUSHIONS.

The latest idea in furnishing novelties Jis tho poster cushion. The best speci- ! mens of this new ait are taken from old I Japanese prints or pictures on silk, and I are marvels of beautiful handiwork. ! They are not painted, but very quickly j worked with the needle. These cushions | may be acy shape that suits tha picture j on them to long as they are in good proi portion, A deep oval looks well. 1- or copying a sunset picture choose a | brilliant flame-coloured silk for the main fabric Cut out the frees in silhouette i m Mark velvet line of tall poplars I would do. Nestling among the trees j may be a jade green temple, pillared like j the quaint Georgian temples in Kew GarI dens: this can easily be cut out in jade ! green silk. When the trees and the. ; temple ate in the right position, applique ! i them on to the silk. In ron * 0 ; the | temple a lake may reflect the sunset ! coiours of the silk, and a foreground effect I is easily achieved by anyone who is artisI tic enough to carry out the main -idea. j All kind, of subjects could be adapted |to this new craze. Simple, strong colour I effects should he aimed at. Adapted J designs from Japanese ami Chinese screens j and panels me always effective. There j is a fund of inspiration also in the j -Modernist art travel posters that are such a feature of hoardings. '