The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-31
HOESE EHRNISHING.
Good Taste shuns Ornate and SNOWY Ia
terror. In Favor OF Co.ine-. and wsr-th.

Good Taste Shuns Ornate and SNOWY Ia
teriors In Favor OF Cosiness and wsr-th.
The tendency OF the best taste in house,
furnishing is undoubtedly toward Individual
ism. with the paradoxical result that the
fashion is to avoid the fashion. The most dis
tinct evidence Of the latest and I'm proved mode
is the revival OF the French styles Of furniture,
the periods OF the Empire OF Henri IL. and OF
the Loulses having all received much attention.
Louis XIV. is perhaps the greater favorite.
as afordinC the most scope to the designer
and craftsman. but IL lie. perhaps. the worst
style for economical treatment, as its pro-
duction requires the greatest skill. and II car
ried out By inferior artists the result II apt to
be vulgar and disappointing. Chippendale
has been in great demand. SO much 30 that in
fact It lie In danger OF becoming unbelievable,
for perhaps the dearest note that We can
strike in fashionable house furnishing 10 to
avoid that which the shepkesper assures you
proudly is selling" Many Of the Chippendale
models are as refined in line as they are dura-
bio In use; others moro ford in style are
widely copied and much used with their IN can
inGless carvings and applied fretwork.
1t is interesting to note. however, how the
English style OF furnishing imparts the at
mosphere OF a more refined individuality than
the dainty and graceful French things OF
vernis- Martin and white and gold. Great
singers. and others not 30 great perhaps,
leading society women. the kind OF women
that send their daughters to be educated in
converts. and butterfly asplrants for social
place who give teas In their little apartments
modelled on those they read about In
tho society journals. all take kindly to
this pink and white and gold stun
with its slender curving frames and
imm Oldest little cupids posing in impossibls
places as II knowing they would be tolerated
Just because they hadnt their clothes on But
In the studios OF artists and the parlors of
women OF letters, In the homes OF scholars and
thinkers, you will find the moro reatiul rich
ness Of the deep seated oaken chairs and
heavy panellings. the warmth Of color and alb
sence OF knick -knacks and nudity and sachet
IL TO make them more habitable and to pro-
vide plenty of comfortable chairs and cosey
corners and hreside seata Less brio a. brao
10 used. and that which is seen Is either Of fine
and beautiful quality or has some other rdisOn
detre than simply to clutter the place The
advantage of recesses in room is now SO
widely recognized that where the architect
has failed to provide Thorn they are cunningly
contriyed by means % screens or an upright
piano turned out at right angles with the wall
to shut in a corner. The cold and sparsely
furnished hall is thing of the past, and richly
designed papers, heavy portieres and Eastern
rugs, and many pictures are en- ploy ed to give
vivid color and Q homelike aspect to the
smallest passage. In dining rooms the ten
dency is toward lighter decorative effects than
the sombrs ones long in vogue on account OF
the gloomy basement dining room so preva-
lent in city houses.