"Another effective trimming made of tinfoil is in the form of fringe
ruching. Use
three layers of the foil and cut them into fringe (Fig. 4), then take a strong, coarse
string and twist the tinfoil fringe around and around it forming a rope of silvery fringe
(Fig. 5)."
FROM: "CHRISTMAS TREE
DECORATIONS, Good to Eat & Good to Look Upon". From "The Delineator"
December 1901.
Tinfoil
Decoration #2