CUMBERLAND ASSOCIATES LLC
SC 13G/A, 1999-02-12
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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. 1)*

                             DECORA INDUSTRIES, INC.
                             -----------------------
                                (Name of Issuer)

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

                                    243593308
                                    ---------
                                 (CUSIP Number)

                                December 31, 1998
                                -----------------
                      (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).





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- -------------------------------------         ----------------------------------
CUSIP No.  243593308                   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

                        290,800
                  ----- --------------------------------------------------------
   NUMBER OF         6  SHARED VOTING POWER
     SHARES
  BENEFICIALLY          70,000
    OWNED BY
      EACH        ----- --------------------------------------------------------
    REPORTING        7  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     PERSON
      WITH              290,800

                  ----- --------------------------------------------------------
                     8  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                        70,000

- -------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
      9  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

         360,800
- -------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
     10  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES


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

         4.9%
- -------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
     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. 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:
                            ------------

                            243593308

Item 3                      Not Applicable

Item 4.                     Ownership:
                            ---------




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Item 4(a)                   Amount Beneficially Owned:
                            -------------------------

                            As of the date hereof, Cumberland Associates LLC
                            may be deemed the beneficial owner of 360,800
                            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 4.9% 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:
                                   290,800

                             (ii)  Shared power to vote or to direct the
                                   vote:  70,000

                            (iii)  Sole power to dispose or to direct the
                                   disposition of:  290,800

                              (iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the
                                   disposition of:  70,000

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

                            If this statement is being filed to report the fact
                            that as of the date hereof the reporting person has
                            ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five
                            percent of the class of securities, check the
                            following. [X]


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



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Item 8                      Identification and Classification of Members of
                            -----------------------------------------------
                            the Group:
                            ---------

                            Not Applicable

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:  February 12, 1999

                            CUMBERLAND ASSOCIATES LLC


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






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