CUMBERLAND ASSOCIATES LLC
SC 13G, 1998-04-07
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                                 UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                                 SCHEDULE 13G

                   Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                               (Amendment No. )*

                            DECORA INDUSTRIES, INC.
                               (Name of Issuer)

                    Common Stock, $.01 Par Value Per Share
                        (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   243593100
                                (CUSIP Number)

                         Voluntary** (see note below)
                     (Date of Event which Requires Filing
                              of this Statement)

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this
Schedule is filed:

                  [  ]      Rule 13d-1(b)
                  [X ]      Rule 13d-1(c)
                  [  ]      Rule 13d-1(d)

  *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
  person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of
  securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which
  would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

  The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be
  deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
  section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act
  (however, see the Notes).

  **This Schedule 13G is being filed to replace, pursuant to Securities
  Exchange Act Release No. 34-39538, Cumberland Associates LLC's Schedule 13D,
  filed on June 20, 1995, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, filed on
  October 8, 1997.

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CUSIP No.  243593100                13G                     Page 2 of 6 Pages

        1  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
           I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

           Cumberland Associates LLC

        2  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*      (a) / /

                                                                  (b) /x/
        3  SEC USE ONLY

        4  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

           New York

                         5  SOLE VOTING POWER

                            437,100

     NUMBER OF           6  SHARED VOTING POWER
      SHARES
   BENEFICIALLY             126,800
     OWNED BY
       EACH              7  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     REPORTING
      PERSON                437,100
       WITH
                         8  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                            126,800

        9  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

           563,900

       10  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES


       11  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

           7.7%

       12  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

           OO, IA

                     *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!

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Item 1(a)                          Name of Issuer:

                                   Decora Industries, Inc. (the "Issuer")

Item 1(b)                          Address of Issuer's Principal Executive 
                                   Offices:

                                   One Mill Street
                                   Fort Edward, New York 12828

Items 2(a)                         Name of Person Filing:

                                    This statement is being filed by
                                    Cumberland Associates LLC to replace,
                                    pursuant to Securities Exchange Act
                                    Release No. 34-39538, Cumberland
                                    Associates LLC's Schedule 13D, filed on
                                    June 20, 1995, as amended by Amendment No.
                                    1 thereto, filed on October 8, 1997.
                                    Cumberland Associates LLC is a limited
                                    liability company organized under the laws
                                    of the State of New York, and is engaged
                                    in the business of managing, on a
                                    discretionary basis, thirteen securities
                                    accounts (the "Accounts"), the principal
                                    one of which is Cumberland Partners. K.
                                    Tucker Andersen, Gary Tynes, Oscar S.
                                    Schafer, Bruce G. Wilcox, Glenn Krevlin,
                                    Andrew Wallach and Eleanor Poppe are the
                                    members (the "Members") of Cumberland
                                    Associates LLC.

Item 2(b)                          Address of Principal Business Office:

                                    The address of the principal business and
                                    office of Cumberland Associates LLC and
                                    each of the Members is 1114 Avenue of the
                                    Americas, New York, New York 10036.

Item 2(c)                          Citizenship:

                                   Cumberland Associates LLC is a New York
                                   limited liability company. Each of the
                                   Members is a citizen of the United States.

Item 2(d)                          Title of Class of Securities:

                                   Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the
                                   "Shares")

Item 2(e)                          CUSIP Number:


                                   243593100

Item 3                             Not Applicable

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Item 4.                            Ownership:

Item 4(a)                          Amount Beneficially Owned:

                                   As of the date hereof, Cumberland
                                   Associates LLC may be deemed the beneficial
                                   owner of 563,900 Shares.

Item 4(b)                          Percent of Class:

                                   The number of Shares of which Cumberland
                                   Associates LLC may be deemed to be the
                                   beneficial owner constitutes approximately
                                   7.7% of the total number of Shares
                                   outstanding.

Item 4(c)                          Number of shares as to which such person has:

                                   (i)      Sole power to vote or to direct 
                                            the vote:  437,100

                                   (ii)     Shared power to vote or to direct
                                            the vote:  126,800

                                   (iii)    Sole power to dispose or to direct
                                            the disposition of:  437,100

                                   (iv)     Shared power to dispose or to 
                                            direct the disposition of: 126,800

Item 5                             Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:

                                   Not Applicable

Item 6                             Ownership of More than Five Percent on 
                                   Behalf of Another Person:

                                   The beneficial owners of the Accounts have
                                   the right to participate in the receipt of
                                   dividends from, or proceeds from the sale
                                   of, the Shares held for each Account in
                                   accordance with their ownership interests
                                   in each such Account.

Item 7                             Identification and Classification of the
                                   Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being

                                   Reported on By the Parent Holding Company:

                                   Not Applicable

Item 8                             Identification and Classification of Members
                                   of the Group:

                                   Not Applicable

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Item 9                             Notice of Dissolution of Group:

                                   Not Applicable

Item 10                    Certification:

         By signing below the signatory certifies that, to the best of his
knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and
are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing
the control of the Issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not
held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that
purpose or effect.

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                                   SIGNATURE

         After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief,
I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete
and correct.

Dated:  April 6, 1998

                                            CUMBERLAND ASSOCIATES LLC

                                            By: /s/ Glenn Krevlin
                                            Name:  Glenn Krevlin
                                            Title:  Member

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