A suggestion is here given for carrying out a design of an autograph door curtain, to be worked with coloured silk on a cloth ground. The curtain is 8ft. long by 4ft. in width. The border is arranged to have a scroll of leaves on a stem, the leaves being worked all over so as to give a mass of dark colour. If the leaves are shaded green and the stems a rich brown a good effect will be produced. Winding round this wreath is a ribbon on which the autograph might be sewn; this will give a pretty appearance without detracting from the general artistic effect. The scroll across the upper section of the dado of the curtain is also arranged to take autographs. This dado should be filled in with dark masses of colour. The central portion of the curtain might contain the outlines and stems of the leaves worked in shaded silk, the branches being in shaded browns, and a little move fully worked than the leaves. The fruit might be in silk of a brighter colour so as to add brilliance to the composition. The leaves and fruit may be used for the autographs if required, that is to say if the spaces in the border and the top of the dado are not sufficient; but it is suggested that the autographs should be placed on the fruit first and then on the leaves, as the artistic effect will be better.

The colouring must be left to the taste of the worker, and will depend much on the colour of the cloth adopted for the curtain.

Design for Door Curtain.