Lattice Furnishingk Fashions

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12423, 17 April 1926, Page 15

Lattice Furnishing k Fashions

By

M. Hamilton

A welcome change from the covering of tapestry or of moquette - for the three-piece suite is the new device of covering both settee and armchairs with broadish coloured webbings, so closely interwoven as to leave not a suggestion of space between the Various plaits. The lattice idea opens up endless possibilities as regards colour, for any scheme of deepration can be

built, up by means of using different tints'for the lattice. Some or the most successful of colour combinations are based op 4awn or grey, allied -with sojne mdre vivid tone, such as blue or sealing-wax red. Fireside stools in latticed hide, the thonVs very strong and already stretched, so. that no sagging can occur, are taking the place of the silk-covered pouffe, as being more practical and harder w'earing. They are made of framework of oak, stained to match the

brown of the hides and copying in design the Jacobean stools that in their time took the place of chairs in all but the most palatial homes. Latticework mats of tough webbing worked into more elaborate patterning than a mere ifi-and-out plait are splendid for any occasion where a pile rug would be likely to prove unpractical. Fcr the kitchen-dining-room,

where possibly there may he bits and pieces dropped upon the floor; for garden rontas. where dirt may he brought in from without, 'or halls where mud may be introduced on boot-heels, these lattice mats prove easy to shake and to clean. ,

They arc-, moreover, exceedingly decorative, especially when made in black, combined with jade or mauve. They are inexpensive, and so can be renewed without great pangs on the part of the thrifty housewife.