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covering the walls and forming the hang
ngs. The ceiling is tinted dclicately j,
accordance with the color scheme of the
rooms and there is beautiful stenciled
fricze which completes the decoration, il
one excerpts the sconces and gas fixtures
which are of old bronze made for the
room and the glass globes of green
shade also made for the room.
Albert Herter. the artist. has one OF the
quaint sets OF lriftwood at his Summer
home; Mrs. Jennings of New York,
another artist, and his brother have
Others of the few sets of the driftwood
(which have been made. One beauty of
this furniture is that the treatment
mnkcs the color rather more than skin
deep. and with age il grows in beauty
and more nearly like what il purports to
represent.
| or the Austrian oak, which has beau
tiful grcenish tint there is more furn!
ture built after the Old mission style and
rather heavier than the driftwood. beau.
ltiful furniture made more frequently for
llining rooms than other rooms. hut for
libraries also. but also upon occasions
for English drawing rooms. made pos
Sibly with simple convention style Of
lnrnamcntation. There is u suggestion o,
the Pompcian is 4 set Of dining room
furniture. With the nsc of this Aus
lran oak and the methods of prcparin.
feathers to give the effect Of the fine old
antique Spanish feathers. single articles
Of furniture are sometimes introduced
nto rooms furnished in different styles
For instance the big leather arm chair;
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ingly comfortable. One of these is emu
antlv man $ chair and always give
the impression Of solidty and rrstfulness
The large buttons used with the leathe
lrc either in leather. in old brass or som,
times in oxidizcd silver. A chair of thi
! kind will cost from $25 up.
NTsr. Drafrl1 has tho dining room o
her honsc NJ Riverside furnished in thi
AUSTRIAN oak. The walls Of this room
lrc covered with beautiful shade o
light green in armuro and tall screer
which forms part Of the furnishing. /
Powered with green valnur to match i
which there are exquisite tones. Th
screen frame is Of the oak Int lttl
lnf il to he seen. as il simply outlines III
l,.clour, which forms fonrfold screc
rerv high. The Stcnciling. which is q
mt hy itself is in this room done del
.atrly in gold.
4 The secret Of obtaining the prore
tones in the oak have only been recent
!, l'carncd. ana the best results are ol
i tanned. liy the use Of the ammonia f,t'
ing tho wood is given soft tobacco
< Drown color. which extends wei Into tn
. wood perhaps onc-sixtccnth Of IN inci
\ and treatment Of oil decpcns the ton
: and gives u good finish.
The stcncilng which is used largely
n h. decorating not only nf rooms. hut I
Q furniture. Is n distinct work of art u
(. Itself. the color is put IN by hand m
, hnronghly artistic results ara obainc
!. ~ in"anS of il. But that is story i
u itself.
Il IN the rooms mentioned the decoratil
!. n I'll noints is done cnch mart with i
Il snr1 to the othcr Ill designed with =
: ,nrd for the general effect. The urc
In e furniture vary and differ according
= he rooms in which they ~" place
,e nron2c aud glass all follow the cnl
M hCmc. Some of thr handsom"st hons
< ~ the citv have rooms furnished wi
II Iis modifd mission furniture, ltn
n = Few sort tones usually cover II
No0r whore il is used.