The valance was of chintz in gentian blue and
white. The white mirror frame was decorated with little blue lines and
tendrils. Surely any girl would grow pretty with dressing before such an
enchanting affair! And simple--why, she could hinge the mirrors
together, and make the chintz ruffle, and enamel the shelves white, and
do every bit of it except cut the plate glass. Of course the glass is
very clean and nice, but an enameled surface with a white linen cover
would be very pleasant.
The same blue and white chintz was used for the hangings and bed
coverings. Everything else in the room was white except the thick cream
rug with its border of blue and rose and buff, and the candlesticks and
appliques which repeated those colors.
[Illustration: MRS. FREDERICK HAVEMEYER'S CHINOISERIE CHINTZ BED]
[Illustration: MRS. PAYNE WHITNEY'S GREEN FEATHER CHINTZ BED]
There is a chintz I love to use called the Green Feather chintz. It is
most decorative in design and color, and such an aristocratic sort of
chintz you can use it on handsome old sofas and your post beds that
would scorn a more commonplace chintz. Mrs. Payne Whitney has a most
enchanting bed covered with the Green Feather chintz, one of those great
beds that depend entirely on their hangings for effect, for not a bit of
the wooden frame shows.
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