Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-23
AG AIN IN FAV O R
SIDEBOARDS ARE ONCE MORE IN
FASHION.
No Longer Necessary, Either, Tha'
They Match the Other
Furniture.

Written for The Evening Star.
After the sideboard has been banished
from fashionable dining rooms for several
years it is to return to favor, and the low
buffet that took it's place is to be retired.
In small families the buffet answers all
needs, but in large households, where there
is much entertaining It is inconvenent. AT
breakfast time the maid, or butler must
prepare the coffee or boil the eggs there.
Most families nowadays have a coffee mak-
ing machine, and the serving of eggs direct
from the fire is an innovation from English
households. At lunch time the cold roast
joint must be served frofn the sidsboard,
and at dinner time the wine or dessert, so
the butler requires space for his operations.
In families that make small claim to Gle
gance the sideboard is a convenient place On
which to leave dishes when a rapid change
in courses is to be made u
Mahogany, oak and walnut are the woods
generally used in the making of the new
dining room furniture. Formerly 1t was
correct to have a matched set for the dining
room. This is no longer the rule. If all the
furniture is of the same kind of wood wide
latitude is permitted in the selection of the
various pieces. The new sideboards are
low and narrow and have simple cabinet,
in which mirror is set Drawers and cup
boards are provided for the silver and the
linen, and these are divided into conven-
lent compartments
The dresser will probably take the place
of the sideboard in some families, for 1t has
the advantages of the latter and the con-
veniences of a cabinet. Dressers may be
classed among the specimens of furniture
SO old that they are practically new to the
present generation. Until recently they have
have not been seen outside collections of
antique furniture.
In Weathered Oak.
A handsome dresser of weathered oak is
made with cabinet in three compartments
The lower one has a long plate rack and
contains hooks for cups. The second tier
consists Of a central glass cupboard for
special pieces of china Other inches are
also designed for the reception of china.
The body Of the dresser is raised six inches
from the floor on carved supports. One end
of the body is portioned off as a receptacle
for silverware. The other end contains three
drawers in which linen may be stored. The
handles of the drawers and the hinges and
locks Of the cupboards are of oXidized
metal
Antique sideboards decorated with inlay
or intarsia, it Is called, are novelties.
Intarsia is new feature of furniture deco
ration, or rather an obsolete form Which is
being revived. 1t may be seen on late speci-
mems Of the more expensive furniture, such
as a rosewood boudoir set.
Inlay Is to wood what mosaic work is TO
marble and glass Sometimes the inlays are
known as marquetry when tortoise shell,
ebony, mother-of-pearl anG shells ars used.
The designs include figures, flower plants
and birds. Often the patterns are tinted
and occasionally they are developed by US
ing different grains of the wood.
A rosewood cabinet for china is new
piece that has much of the merit of the old
masterpieces. Tulips, with their foliage, are
nlaid in manner wonderfully artistic. The
intarsia is applied in a broad band to the
drawers, and in narrow ones to the frame
OF the glass doors.
Pretty tables in mahogany are scarcely
less pleasing than the cabinet. while an
ebony desk inlaid with mother-of-pearl is a
beautiful reproduction