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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1915-10-20

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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1915-10-20

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after the early Colonial styles, though
conservative in type. Painted with "a
body co,or Of enamel. either white.
green or pale gray as the case may he.
they are thin dairtily decorated with
floral designs or Angelica Kaufman
landscapes.
ut Is exceedingly interesting paint
ing furniture and | love to do IT," and
here the artist, whose eyes are as blue
as her painting smoCk, frightened with
the enthusiasm Of n who is welded
t. her art, but there Is something Gu
riously fascinating in making it over.
Naturally one must have a taste for
wood craft and a genius for design.
but it isn't altogether thi. equipment.
necessary as It is. that adds the special
2est to the work, but the id Il of maxi
ing something out OF nothing.
IAN is grist that comes to my mill,
you see" pointing TO n vanload Of stuff
that just came in. Among the lot was
a handsomely carved set of oak din
ing room furniture. IA bedroom set of
old mahogany with four poster ana
chest of drawers, writing q SKIS Of the
walnut age. a grand piano. besides
chairs and cabinets embellished with
peaks and minarets of applied woods,
bits of veneer and done over in fine
gold traccry.
You sew how they look now. Well,
You wouldn't recognize them when
they 70 u | hate to quote William
Morris and that hackneycd proverb of
having nothing in the house except
what omr feels 10 be beautiful and
knows to be useful but 1t surely never
was SO applicable as to the sort of
work | am doing. I do beautify what
Is ugly and transform what Is useless
into THAI which Is practical.
80 ! must confess to n secret de-
light In taking this dilapidated old
stuff, these horrible examples OF the
mid-Victorian epoch and cutting them
over after a new pattern. For they
are not merely redecorated. Each
piece Is actually remodelled. as n
would a gown. All the useless orna-
mt ntation Is removed. the glmcracks
shorn and the surface newly stained.
painted and decorated.
When ! think of the attics of dis
carded furniture that could be made
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ARTIST, IN OLD TIME SPIRIT,
RESTORES DUTCH HOUSE

which Is had through the old style
Dutch doo divided horizontally ac-
cording to the ancient fashion. This
custom, it Is said, originated In Flan-
ders years and years ago, the idea
being TO keep out children as we'll as
farm yard animals and fowls. The up
per half may be left open to get the
air.
To right and left of the main hall
open the living quarters, and this ar
rangement is practically the same. In
the original plan there was a large
bedroom on the right with a smaller
one back. The latter has since been d.
vided into a nursery and a commodlous
bathroom with modern plumbing. The
large front bedroom IL lovely, low
ceiled and spacious, and the fireplace
is n to dream about, which certainly
nus happen, for tho occupant of the
ancient four poster would otherwise be
wholly lacking In sentiment. Old
Windsor chairs sit before the Are
place.
More than usual charm attaches to
the hall, which boaSts ut . narrow
but exceedingly interesting old stair
way that ascends to the attic. 1t is
of solid oak, the wood used through
out the house, and the steps are we'll
rroportioned. having an eight inch
riser and a nine inch tread. There
was the same complement OF rooms
TO the left of the hall as was pro-
vided on the right, but Mr.. Gurd
removed the partition between the
front and rear room. formerly used
as a combination dining and living
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REPAINTS AND REMODELS
FURNITURE INTO ART GEMS

wreaths of flowers, dainty cup!ds and
Angelica Kaufman pastorals until in
its Colonial loveliness it would not be
recognized by its best friend for the
mld-Nlctorian atrocity 1t used to be.
This Is what might be called the
a~potheosis of the age of black walnut.
Other woods enter into the process OF
transformation, but the widest oppor-
tunlty for the remodeller OF furniture
lies in this fertile field. II might have
been a man of course who conceived
the brilliant idea OF remodelling lmpos-
sible furniture and making IL into q
thing of beauty and a joy forever, but
it wasn't. Mere a Is presumably SO
busy inventing other and equally i'm
possible devices for women's use he
hasn't time to review his handiwork
and see what a mess he's made OF il.
SO it remained for n little. domestic,
home loving woman, suddenly thrust
into the workaday word, to mother
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the revival of Colonial painted furni-
ture il "a incumbent on her TO merge
the one into the other.
The day of mahogany Is passed,
Mrs. Osgood will tell you. and to EN-
phasi2e her words she will take YOU
into the big workroom at the back Of
her studio atop an old city residence
now given over TO business and point
dramatically 10 the discarded pieces
that stand as mute witnesses to her
words, The room looks like IA second
hand furniture shop. To all intents
IL Is, only h commercialization of the
product works out in an unusual way.
whether you wan to believe II or
not" says Mrs. OsGood, the day of
mahogany is passed, 1t has at least
for the present, and the demand is now
for painted pieces, after the American
Colonial, the early English or the
Italian schools. Consequently the old
stuff Is n drug on the market and il
coming to me in shoals from every
quarter under the sun and in every
form ana shape, The painted furnl-
turC now bears the stamp Of smartness,
so everything else must give way to II.
Just the other day the manager of
a big New York city hotel favored by
fashionable folk came To me with tears
in his eyes j will simply have to have
mahogany done over he said. Il
don't want to do II, for II Is beautiful
and practically new. hut my clients
demand the other, so what am I TO do?
] must try 10 pleas them Just so n
well known decorator who has always
frankly disllked painted furniture told
me she recently put fourteen sets in
n house. why did you do it, |
asked. for l knew how she was op-
posed 10 1t. But what am to do?'
was her roply. So whether one likes it
or not, 1t Is the popular thing and for
tn. time at least is bound to have its
vogue,
II aim to make a special st udy OF the
rooms n adapt the decoration to the
individual purse and suit the type OF
person who is to occupy il. | am at
present doing over an entire house in
California with painted furniture OF
the Colonial style and ! suppose I have
done fifty bedrooms already this sea-
son. These sets are new, modelled
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Quaint Farmstead Near River Edge.
N. j., Made Into Fitting Land
mark of Colonial Days

tural features Of the old Dutch house
as well as in It's detail and finish. 1t
Is shown in the broad Dutch doors and
the expanrive halls, in the generous
proportions of the rooms and the cav
ernous depths of the huge f~irepiaces
and the quaint brick ovens nat were
large enough 4 cook food for n regi-
ment.
So the ancient Colonial house at
River Edge Is Typical OF all these ira
1 ditions which Mr.. Gurd has so loving
ly preserved. To begin with, the pic
turesque little house seems to fit into
the landscape, as most of the early
Colonial homes did, since 1t is COM
posed of domestic materials found
right beside the door. The first floor
is composed of ~brownstone, cut in
blocks and overiaid with plaster now
mellowed to various shades of creamy
red, gray and golden brown by the
action Of wind and weather. The
huge blocks were cut from quarrfes
not far distant. and the old oak tim
bers were hewn by hand out of the
primitive forest from the very spot
doubtless. oil which the house stands.
Even the sun dried brick used in the
chimneys and freplaces were made
from a native formula brought from
Holland.
The long sloping roof was covered
with red cedar shingles shaped by
hand from native wood, man. OF
which r to-day in a good state Of
preservation. and the gable ends were
similarly treated, as vas the custom.
IL has the gambrel roof, a distin-
gushing mark of the primitive Dutch
house. with the long overhang which
seems to so lovingly protect its oc-
cupants and lends such a cosey APP
pearance to the ensemble.
There Is undoubtedly a great fas-
clnation in taking an old time struc-
ture n remodelling 1t by ch~eerfully
accepting its limitations and making
the best Of them. Fortunately few
structural changes were necessary
when Mr.. Gurd bought the property
eight or ten years ago and started
to reclaim ii. lie has not hastened
in his self-appointed task, for 1t Is
not yet completed since there are
additions yet to be built and enova
tons to be made.
Despite its antiquity IL was In a
fairly good state of preservation when
Mr.. Gurd secured the property from
the land developing company that was
about to put ii on the market. Ones
upon n time il was n large farm of
several hundred acres. but the land
was gradually sold in small parce.s to
this one and that n until now ii has
| only ten acres. This acreage was tiled
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been so ruthlessly lathed and plastered
after first being shaved OFF with an
adze that they looked hopeless. Some
wanda. with no sense OF the great
beauty OF primitive material or the
artistic side of its structural aspect
chopped of at least five inches of
wood from the cross beams. literally
hacking It to pieces so that not more
than half its depth remained. Insult
was then added to injury by hiding
them beneath lath and plaster. To tear
this e~xtraneous material away and ex-
pose the old frame work. which a
not seen the light of day in centuries,
was no small task, but II was accom-
plished to the satisfaction OF the own
er and those who have the soul to APP
preciate its beauty.
A fashion OF the Dutch was to build
on wings AZ additional room was need
ed. and the River Edge house Is no ex-
ception. In this cas- II was the
kitchen that occupied this time hon
ored addition and 1t was furnished
with a window and a door. But with
a growing family the architect felt
the need of n larger area than was in
corporated within four walls of his
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in New York when a woman begins to
advertise as a r%enovator II gowns.
h is Immediately besieged by clients
bearing their Paquin models. grown
passe, OF their Fifth avenue creations
which Were spoiled in the making. who
lay them tenderly but hopefully at her
feet. This Is precisely what happened
to Berthe Osgood when she let it be
known among her friends she would
not only paint but would do over
furniture. She was literally buried in
an avalanche of discarded walnut and
old mahogany and has since been
working her glorified way out, leaving
behind her pieces that will remain as
lasting monuments to her memory.
The story of how Berthe Osgood
studied many years In Paris, living on
q few cents a day to become proficient
In the art of making fooled leather,
only to find on her return home that
h public much preferred the cheap
stamped stuff of commerce to her eX-
quisitely carved and illuminated ma
terials. is another story. 1t Is one Of
those many tragedies which come to
men and women hat are sometimes
'oiu' va w oiltu llluuth III the
soul to harass and torture.
She didn't starve as the story books
would have II. for she had "A fairy
godmother in the shape OF Il kind
sister, who vas fairly well supplied
with this worlds goods. Best Of all
the sister had a far seeing mind and
sensed, in the Colonial revival, the
part painted furniture was to play In
furnishing the house. SO she urged
her artist sister TO take up the re-
making of furniture and make Of II a
profession,
Berthe Osgood therefore not only
saw the craze for painted furniture
coming, but h fastened it's approach
and created the demand way ahead of
those who have since specialized in II.
To become a remodeller of furniture
was her own idea and developed later.
1t just naturally grew out of the
material she had to work with. Nor
does this phase OF her work stop at
the hideous black walnut atrocities of
the mid-Victorian era. This is where
her real work begins. for with the
passing Of the mi aoganx mania and
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The architect has introduced little
features OF his W which go far to
make the house an unusual one. For
example, the partition between the
library n hall in front has been
partly removed, leaving a wall
about four feet from the floor with
a broad ledge atop 1t on which
to stand a ginger jar. an odd vase
Win mowers or a set OF books. Not
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draperies | used hltrk AMI ...
ci.ntH with pink roses -.r,v.
ANA the room was ro,|l. 90 ur. t..
one Of the most cN.:U.I-
! ever did went uut y|cs.,luft. ....
an old mahogauN desk. a .u'n
hook and writ ny DDS. ~. H.' .. d
n edIocre. SO / |ptiutol q ITO
color Of golden brown W..u
ling Of gold IN Il, S'"lu,rl.r- ..
order of the Ncrn!S Myr,.A -.
decorated il wiki mlu.,.II".
scapes and p~asturIlS OF an" t. .
type. 1t WAS a great success.
Interior decorator who order. Pc
her own use d.dn't keep IL M. 10
a day, when a customer sinl., f
10y main force.
III YOU are furnishing a d
room in Colonial painted fura.. f.. b.
grand piano, II there is one. -"
las to be done over too. J. s . q
elephant on your hands. for II is '.
too big to cover with a piece %.
cade, yet II must he made to .
with the est. The result * rea. )
lightful. especially when done In VIZ"
enamel with dainty landscape W
French wreaths and bow knots. | save
done over nine already this seas'
"A great variety of articles lend
themselves to hand painted WORK.
none of which are more qGatn'y
pretty than the wood panels with oi
fashioned flowers on n black Ni'k-
ground. Framed In gold they ara
charming additions to the summer
h. me planned on Colonial lines ana
lend an old timey atmosphere 10 no
rooms hat not ven the Decorated
furniture supplies, An over man'"'
provides stu another opportunity -
a primitive floral decoration on wood,
ard a porch set OF simp.e design h7t
a beauty all its own.
There Is really no end to the PCS
sNldlities which painted furnitIr" s",'
gests TO the experienced mind a.!
despite the commcrc.alizaiiun az -
fancy good work will always be d" &c.
mand and will be appreciated - %
the remodelling Of furniture. b. 1
no end, 10 | expect To do 1t fnr go
remainder Of my days. ana A.
COZ Id please me better. for it is al. .t.
quite the equal OF that OF the meIhN-
craftOmaus
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changes were made IN the frame Of
the room except to throw out a five
window bay in front in order to OBJ
tain more light and air. He loft the
old Dutch chimney intact, albeit he
had to rebuild IT,. In so doing he
changed II % suit the style of The in
terror. which is that OF the domestic
French type. Interiorly he has made
II conform to the Norman peasant set
ting and the effect l. most pleasing.
In order 10 taxi advantage of
every bit ~ air space mp To the top of
the high arched roof he strapped the
ceiling with red birch, filling the space
between with plaster.
The entire end of the room held
the original fireplace and old Dutch
oven. In order to carry out the Nor
ma feeling, which also accorded per-
fectly with the owners desire to cur
tail the size Of the chimney opening,
he constructed "A much smaller fire.
place in the centre, He faced II all
with tapestry brick and introduced
settles on either side and formed GU
riouS and unexpected rocesses in lieu
OF a mantel for the effective placing
of quaint pieces of pottery from Brit
tany or odd brass cooking or fire uten-
sis used by the Normandy peasants.
Mr.. Gurd spent all his odd hours
when "A student ut the BeauX Arts
IN Paris collecting odd pieces of brass,
pottery, textiles and furniture and
this collection. made long before he
had any idea of occupying the little
, old Dutch house at River Edge. now
rraces his reconstructed home. There
are interesting old Flemish bits.
quaint Dutch cocks. antique iron
hI ckets and hinges and locks Of in
tricate workmanship, as well as n
complete and interesting set of fire
lrasses. The swinging door leading
into the kitchen is overlaid with eM-
ceeding,y artistic iron strap hinges
which are full Of sentiment and ira
dition and suggest many things 10
the artistic mind. the excellence Of the
early French in the modelling of eX-
qu!sitc iron work particularly,
! The one addition is the kitchen, in
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over It makes me crazy to get at them.
If you stop TO think of 1t. every woman
YOU know has her garnet filed with a
lot of old junk h doesn't know what
to do with. Many of the pieces are
family heirlooms that cant be thrown
on the ash heap. much as the owner
would like to do it, They are not
pretty TO look at. SO they simply
lumber MP the waste places and bear
no trult whatever.
Il renovatc them so you would
know them for what they were.
Take that writing desk, for example"
signify ing a medium sized black wal
nut chest of drawers with a desk top
such as might have been in vogue
twenty five years ago. You wouldn't
believe that IL to hc an early Italian
red lacqucred cupboard, would you?
One of my clients was Just about TO
give il to the Salvation Army when |
rescued il.
First of all I will remove all the
gingerbread work. Next / will cut off
TIE brass ~fiNtures, plug up the holes,
add wooden knobs, scrape n repaint
II, then decorate il with Il scroll de-
sIgn, using an Italian motif, or else
add some little Chinese figures in
C~hippendale design, and you won't
know II. 1t will be lovely.
"A little while ago n woman called
me up asking me to look over some old
furniture h had in storage. It was
eating its head off M she felt she
must do something with II. It was
the most hideous collection you ever
saw early American, birdseye maple,
II IA sort. She haC very little money
to spend in rehabilitating II, yet NAM
testify II could not be used as IL VAS.
Send 1t to me and I'll see what |
DO encouragingly told her. The
bed was n of those extraordinarily
nigh four posters that you need n pair
OF steps to get into. l cut down the
head and foot boards and shortened
the legs, The rope Stats were re-
placed with sanitary woven wire
springs. Next l scraped the body,
painting 1t a lovely pale gray and
lavender, and covered 1t with great
punches of pink cabbage roses. II
was beautiful. For the upholstery and
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Western facade, showing mod
ern kitchen Just added.

which there has been no attempt made
to introduce anything but a modern
equipment. Though small Il IL about
as convenient a room as one could
find, for the architect has worked out
many practical suggestions for the
simpliflcation OF houseworl II might
we'll be called an eficiei ' kitchen.
for, there are all sorts OF convenience
built in. all sorts of shelves and noohs
and cupboards. One novel scheme for
a kitchen china cuphoa"1 is the In
stallation of sectional boo, cases with
glass covers. where things may he
kept dustproof and yet be reached
without much trouble.
The old attic. formerly an undi-
vided room lighted simply from the
gable ends, has been converted into
two comfortable bedrooms and a stu
do. Dormer windows have been
thrown out at the rear of the house
and a small balcony. access To- winch
is had by a door from the STUDIO rs
also added. 1t looks down u'u' l
terrace, brick covered and he'd 4
by vines and Towering hush'- "...
is the outdoor living room u q,
family. 1t is sheltered from - .l
much of the day, and fitted ..u /
swinging hammock. easy ch.'. 1rl
tables. is a charming al frc-cu ,,,ult
where not infrequently m'.s 20
served.
While Mr.. Gurd's collections .: a.
tiIuc furniture, potter. 500. "
have in the main followed .'h,' .'. 3
Dutch lines. ne htS tCV E.r.l '|. I