OPAL DECORATIONS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17349, 14 May 1924, Page 9

OPAL DECORATIONS.

(By MRS HAMILTON.) There was something delightfully suggestive of a beautiful opal in the furnishings of the room prepared by one of the leading firms to illustrate the latest fashion in interior decora tion. In spite of the soft, delicate colours, a curious effect of vitality and rariety distinguished the ensemble. The term opal best describes it. The walls were treated with a glossy paint, in the peculiar yellow that is the base of opalescent colour schemes. Hangings of green and mauve shot taffetas mav sound bold, but the courage was justified by the results. A soft beige nil -* carpet, guiltless of patterning, proved anything but insipid, and the chancovers were of handmade linen, with n surface like that of fine brocade, in lily-of-the-vallfev green. In a good there are lights which show pure white, and a hint of this was found in the jars ®nd bowls of opaque alabaster glass that adorned manteloiece and tables.

One touch of orange formed the sole note of bright, definite colour. This took the furni of the cover to a great square divan, placed right in the centre of the room.

“ INe felt that a suggestion of the splendid colour of the fire-opal would look effective among the softer opalescent tints, and would emphasise their delicacy*’’ T was told. “ Women who are no longer in the first blush of youth are turning a distinctly favourable eye in the direction of opal decorations.” said mv informant. and proceeded to explain how exceedingly kind a becoming to the fc.rtyisn"** tnbse soil, non-committal tints can prove. The futuristic vogue left them looking more than their years, but the opal room takes away from their apparent age in the most charitable manner.