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Show ; Lacquer Furniture Returning to Favor. ?,,,?W;arcACQUUI furniture is ! fxJx:nou c0,,s'crei' extreme-I extreme-I uMi r'-v ''ebiran'c an'' I,ot on'' J i ywiuc the genuine anlinucs 75ln Incrjuer much in de-1 de-1 maud, but Mie old do- I sisus arf being copied by (many o' the fashionable cabinetniaVen. .-'nil interior decorators and special pieces lure being made to order after the uld mu- ! . I sen 111 pieces 1 Instead of inaki-ig th- laeitur pieces new from the beginning. lh.- oesl decora-1 tors are biiyine (.'cuuiii" old pieces iu an- othor finish, eipecially ouk pieces,- audj ttten applying the lacquer 60 ,tlial thej llOe cabinet work of a more cim-eiuntlomj nge of crnflstnei" isobiiuned. togcriier with Ihe correct design and proper propor-. lion. j I'.otii rod aud black lacuncr are now In I favor with those w'lio arc concerned wlih' the furnishing Ihrir house. The ijunon Aunu plcceii, ijuaiut cublncu, irregular j topped tea tables. &c, are being sought tor everywhere aud numbers of them arc being copied. A very charming lacjuer cabinet is in the possession of the Metropolitan .Musetiui or Art. The piece is of a kind which is now considered consid-ered mos' desirable both bi decorators and 'i-rrnto f'l-v -fs Vb- piece of lacquer howii here, which M rM4Mil&MMn -"and s the cabinc! IMiP .able, Theme! I WmL:,J:X&-& a.e mingled -vicl. j other furniture in; j Oarf-T U'ioo..llMP '.m n n' V-,'. . , e KilllU" r (1 0 III. ' j Lacquer Tabic Inlaid with Mother of Pearl. one pkve or laciuerj I i ofli'li used in a! room hamg uiahoznuy or painted woh1 i furniture. A small room furnished en-; 'tirely wiih lacquer pieces, cnth one of! -which is work of art. is or course vcryj beautiful, but is beynud the ranch ,ofany (but exiicmely 'ong purser. j To go with this laciiir rurnUuru. wiih jits fascinating Chinese dbtoratif.ns. theie are wall hangings. aUo with the Chinese j 'designs, ,uid biadcs for upholstery oim ' harigliir-i. These have black grounds ami j" I decorations in gold, 6r in sold uiiuu'edj) Willi eftlor.s iluit liiu'iiiouiru well with tbv; black aud gold of the Jacaiuor., Wljeu-the red laciiuer i ued itio.brocmle Tor up holMtcrlng .1 chair i in ihe sJUp- sl.-aUe J of red, wiih designs In' dull gold or iui I ivory and sometimes iu the faintest shade jH I of H The black background brocades arc H mucji more attractixe than the chintzes H with black grounds. As every one knows H who has used black for gowns, it is dif- H (iculr to procure a black cotton fabric, H especially one with some weight, which IH is not lackiug in what might be called IH ''quality c fleet." The black chintzes are ' IH apt to 'be dingy looking, while the baud- H some black brocades arc rich and lustious, IH with not the slightest suggestion or diugi- H It was the Chincio Iacauer from whUh rH originnlly arose the practice of paintin" jH fiiiniturc black and dark green and dec- lll lornliug it with liny bouquets and Adam ' 'designs. (biliously 'iioiigb, when the il Ntyles were reviej tbc ca;r.c iu the ic- ill Ivrrac of the ongiaal order, b'irst lie IH I black painted furniture which flourishtd Hl I in Ihiglaml iu the eighteenth centur.i no- jH jpenrcd. with its (j tin tot decomtious, aud !H now has come the lacquer from which, the H pnlnicd furnliiire .tot its origin::! inspire.- H |