Re: Home decorating with Irises


Bradbury & Bradbury has issued a perfectly gorgeous border, about 14"
wide, of Art Nouveau irises that would make any room absolutely wonderful.
'Course I can't afford B&B's paper--but I could get about a foot of it,
project it on the wall with an opaque projector, and paint my own. . .
Carol


On Thu, 26 Sep 1996 SCHAFFCM@SNYBUFAA.CS.SNYBUF.EDU wrote:
> 
> Mrs. **** Hollingworth (boy I'm blocked on the name -- hybridizer of JI
> in Michigan -- help Kathy!!)  anyway, his wife, Mrs. H. has an apron with a
> William Morris wallpaper design  -- or FROM a Wm. Morris wallpaper design,
> greatly reduced, with iris on it.  She got it in England, she said. While
> you're over there, pick one up for me.  Wm Morris was one of the main men
> of the Arts and Crafts movement which used iris extensively in the design
> of lamps, vases, wallpaper...  Or do you prefer more moder iris designs,
> Clarence.  Some pink printed curtains, perhaps??  They are available in
> Penny's Catalogue, I think you can get bedskirts and such like with the
> same iris print.
> 
> ** What else can we do while we wait for iris to bloom??
> 
> Carolyn Schaffner some more
> 




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