The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
FURNITURE HASAN
IMPORTANT PLACE
At This Season Furnishing
the Home Is Paramount
Question

Ever since Eve hung up few branches
by way of a screen, while she fitted her
first figleaf creation, furniture has occu-
pied tremendously important place in
human lives. AS usual at this sea son
furniture sales are vertable madness,
shopland being full of furniture Some
time since a cheerful questioner asked
where all the pins went? With an equal
lack of wisdom one asked expert
where all the furniture goes, upon which
it was suggested that it makes perfectly
good kindling wood, which was quite over
looking the ever obliging Salvation army,
(which stands ready to relieve humanity
of furnishings which fail te furnish, says
the Philadelphia Record.
However, we come not to bewail past
folies, but so consider that which is new.
And the new, paradoxically enough, also
pleonastically is old, and If not really old,
it assumes this virtue.
While the heavy colonial types do not
enjoy all their former favor, Georgian
furniture (of course the colonial was also
Georgian) holds. And in fact the Dutch
chair back, one of the good Georgian
types, now figures as Queen Anne piece
| in dining room set of English oak, so
dark that it looks like black walnut The
table, which is of the extension type,
costs s120. while the eight chairs which
are most effective with Spanish leather
| seats, cost s237. Would the royal dame
who kicked over a four-legged stool by
way Of a suggestion for cathedral
(hence it's four spires) recognize her name
sake furniture?
| Another great fad. revival of along
| this time, is the Jacobean furniture in
| splendid oak and very, handsome it is
with its twisted legs, columns and up
rights. table with sovetable legs is
marked $50; the buffet, $13O; the china
closet. $50. The chairs (six for s140), show
! cane seats and back. Another favorite
period is the Tudor, according to an au-
thority, which is quite an elastic term,
dating from 1856 to 1903. Gothic effects
| are also ready to help up beautiward,
though their ecclesiastical atmosphere
would hardly seem to lead to mirth
| To return to the golden age of furniture
| we find Chippendale dining room set,
which includes china closet in the mas
ter's Chinesy style. 1t costs $3.50. The
table is a matter of s175, the buffet s195,
the serving table $s5 and the side chairs
1872 each.
|, A Scotch gray oak set is interesting as
| we'll as attractive, and the table Is of the
| drop leaf sort, which may be used in din
| ing room or hail. The chairs strike one
as being as much Dutch as Sheraton. But
what's in name?" The set cost $50.
| An interesting Adam dining set, in ad-
| dition to an oval extension table at $3.50,
| shows a buffet with extra storage cabi-
| nets at each end. These cost $780, are
| separate and six inches higher than the
| buffet, which costs $205.
! For bedrooms there are two-tone enam-
| ell effects in French gray, one lovely as
| semblage containing an Adam mirror and
a fascinating dressing table with triple
mirror.
| The rather heavy and pompous adorn-
| ings of the Grand Monarque's time are
noted in heavily garlanded bedroom set
| of eight pieces in ivory enamel and cane.
| which costs 1920.
! Especially lovely in Circassian walnut
| or in ahogany is the Whistler name-
| sake bedroom set, SO named because the
| glass frame is copied hom that he had
| made for the frame of the famous por-
| trait he painted of his mother There s
! a brush top to the standards Why fur
| niture should be Whistlerian is question.
as the name of this American born artist
| is beyond the celebrated peacock dining
room, not much associated with furnish
| ings.
There's everything. however. There are
pure styles for those who appreciate them
and hybrjds for others who wish a lot
! for their money
| The gate leg table is in high favor,
| costing from s12 upward, and SO is the
| delightful nest Of tables. which ranges
| in price from s1l 20 s36 Furnishing is q
real talent. and it is of far greater i'm
portance to be able to assemble beautiful
useful articles harmoniously than to be
able to rattle Off the names Of famous
cabinet makers and periods.