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Luxurious lace panels herald =

return of

HOW TO DRESS a window in the
proper, and }.:ng-negiected tradi-
tion of lace panc!s is now invading
the formal interior.

An almost-forgotten and long-
neglected decor ingredient for sty-
lish and gracious living, dining and
bedrooms is the luxurious and
gossamer face panel.

The boring and undressed sobri-
ety of past years in interiors has
now been replaced by a more ca-
sual, yet more formal elegance of
the '80s. Window treatments of
draperies are now again, in full
fashion, but the icing on the cake
is lace.

Lace can best be described as a
delicate network of fine threads
with ornament and fabric as the
basic parts. Delicate, yet enduring,
lace dates from as far back as 2500
B.C. in Egypt.

Handmade lace (either needie-
point or bobbin lace) found its
great popularity in the sixteenth
century, being produced by con-
vents and patient noblewomen (for
their own uses) and available only
to the European upper classes
because of its high price.

Today, fortunately, inexpensive,
yet intricately beautiful machine
lace (produced on a machine loom
as early as 1750), is available here
and available to all, the most [ux-
urious coming from European
looms.

This new awareness (and mod-
erately-priced availability) is a
nostalgic return to the softness and
privacy and gentility afforded by
lace to ease our modern surroun-
dings of harsh lines, concrete and
glass.

And now, thanks to that same
modern technology, laces are pro-
duced on the machine loom which
are as delicate as the handmade
predecessors of the 18th and 19th
centuries.

These days, the panels are made
of durable (and easily-washable),
man-made materials which simu-
late the original’ (and highly
shrinkable) cottons and_ linens.
They are also ideai for use as sty-
lish bed coverlets and canopies for
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elegant draperies

and night. Shimmering and sump-
tuous, lace is the final touch to
elegant ’80s decor.

(and relaxing) chambers.
Lace creates a fantasy of light,
yet provides privacy both by day

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