This style, with Figure [32A], gives another method of combining a festoon and a tail, the join being made after both are pleated up and the seam concealed by a cord which appears to loop it back.
Measure and cut festoon A, Figure [32A], as per rule for irregular festoons in the chapter pertaining to that subject, which will give you the pattern Figure [32B]. Pleat this up on your board to the dimensions and shape of your plan and make a paper pattern of an ordinary single tail the size you require. Pleat this up and trim the corner C, Figure [32D], to fit the angle covered by the cord in Figure [32A]. Cut, line, and pleat up the tail in the usual way, and join it to the pleated festoon as neatly as possible.
The decorator with an eye for ensemble will sometimes be able to suggest the breaking up of a too flat boudoir or dressing-room side-wall with a mantel shelf or hanging book-shelf, which can be tastefully decorated in keeping with the surroundings. The treatment of high upright steam rediators is analogous to this line of furnishing and demands in some instances much the same mode of procedure. A board or shelf is made to fit the top of the radiator and so constructed as to fit squarely and securely with a boxing or keeper beneath, to prevent sliding or slipping. This is covered with a fabric to harmonize with the other furnishings and trimmed with a deep fringe, a Japanese reed and bead curtain, a moulding, or a very shallow valance.
The depth of any, governed by the style of the radiator and the taste of the decorator, best results are obtained by using a board that has saw cuts about an inch apart, and running within a few inches of from end to end, lengthwise. Very low upright radiators can be effectively treated by making the top into an upholstered seat and trimming the front and ends with a deep close fringe from seat to floor, which will conceal the radiator and permit the escape of all the heat.
A study of the accompanying illustrations will suggest the application of each to the requirements of a piano, mantel or shelf, and from these a great many pretty combinations may be evolved.
In the styles presented we have tried to avoid anything of a cumbrous or fussy nature, on the ground that dignity and simplicity are more preferable in the smaller furnishings.
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