Show BECOMING european uses for fabrics to be adopted in america treating walls with choice fabrics a custom long la in vogue abroad promises wider adoption in this country in considering various kinds of materials for use on walls one of the first to receive consideration because of its elegance tho the wide variety of colors and designs obtainable Is mohair velvet this rich fabric long the favor favorite lie upholstery for many reasons has been used as a wall covering abroad in homes and public buildings where elegance w was is a dominant note and where certain special services were required notably durability col or fast enst properties vase case of cleaning and pase of if application molier still gives these advantages and aind I 1 in it has several char itt sul suitable table to the app age one of the most important or these Is its 1 property of absorb in these are the days of noise hanis hanissee sed art nd dolse conscious citizens alwn tire arp being waged all over tin the c country against unpleasant ind ml harin ful sounds and when the i mine alue of relative silence or quietness s live lr oming to he be well known in terms i collars and cents and increased another reason for mo hairs acceptance cep tance as a wall covering material Is the fact that the vacuum cleaner simplifies the task of removing dust and dirt the smooth fibers of mohair permit the dust to slide off readily so that a vacuum cleaning leaves a surface sanitary and fresh trie fibers of the material do not flatten down and of course mohair Is now treated at tho the mills to make inake it unpalatable to moths so that one of the old objections to the material on that score has beer been eliminated from the home decorators standpoint mohair Is especially useful as aa it does not fade as do many other materials te rials provided of couras fast dyes were used in the first place the rea son for this Is that the dye penetrates and Is retained more effectively because of the unusual nature ot of the mohair fibers fabri they are ill lelce human hair in structure with a central passage or canal which retains a certain amount of the natural oil long after tho the lleco gleco bas baa been clipped and woven so that wo allair has an enduring luster and sheen not found la in some other fabrics the wide variety of colors and the limitless possibilities of design are also Inte interesting factors in favor of mohair more than shades of green alone are available in mohair use of mohair for walls also gives rise to interesting developments of new plasters or other materials that will be especially adapted to the fabric pictures can be hung more easily problems of heating and ventilating will be somewhat simplified as a mohair bobair i has value as a heat and cold insulating substance as well as aa an acoustic y cal material and the texture color and k general character of the fabric will inspire radically new ideas and accomplishments in the art of interior decorating |