Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-30
IA|RORTANCE CONSIDERED
IEIN CHOOSING FURNITURE
ifcrent Forms of Furnish
sings Have Created Wide
= spread Interest.
MODELS DISPLAY MUCH CHARM
MODERN Manufacturers Ucproduc"
( k~ifh Grcnt Success the Gr.lcc and
SiJnvc Proven Popular.

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'SiIavc Proven Popular.
1.-The present revival OF interest in
oscoratcd furniture IS OF far more
Thin ,ransien; Importance II Is q
Recognition OF the lasting merit ut
certain past phases of furniture de-
tfSn. and an expression and evidence
Of the discernmcut and discrimina
tton OF today Recent years have
.ssttncescd widespread and deep in
f6rest in different forms Of furniture
and ready familiarity with the pc
RID styles is no longer the exclusive
Accomplishment Of the SounolsScUr or
expert.
with the increase and dinUsion of
t'upuiar ioteTcst and education ia
furniture have come strong modern
rAyivals @. such furniture STYLES of
tho past as ,nay los .cally be adopted
rst use in the modern American home.
and today there Is accorded to deco
rated furniture q degree OF popu
lhrity which il has not enjoyed sine.
the eighteenth century In England.
$40 say TINT there IS g. present =
Vogue for decorated furniture would
he correct. but no; a complete state
, usent. There IS. without doubt -
Spguc, but there IS also "a logical
FAason for decorated furniture. -
possesses primarily two dstinct
tiscorativc properties color and dec
nration and may b. selected for
either reason OF for hoth--to ada 10
aH interior certain color or value
OF a certain element OF interest. or
ba,h.
Element "f Interest
Thus for example. The first might be
the reason 10, selecting tcncart
flnished in deep verm!lon. rcd. to
Strike an effective note OF color ia q
room Of which the color schcn" vas
SO harmonious as TO run the danger
OF being monotoucus
elaborated furniture Nigh, DE
chosen 10 lend gn element Of inter. 81.
or. OF the unusual. to u guest bed
room. or 10 create an effect OF cha-r-
fnlness ia breakfast room or sam
parlor
EThc Impulses toward color ami de-.
orhtion are elemental human iu.
suncts which cthuoloEis,s HAY,
proved by study OF the most priwi
TIVE sayagcS Immediately man had
nisstcred any problem OF construt.
tfon or manufacture. he turned h.S
attention instiuctiVcly TO color or dec
crst!on-usually in the case or saw
ages. combining the two. After a
dug govt canoe was discovered to be
Impractical invention. It was carve
spd painted.
gAnd So from the earliest times
there has been decorated furniture
ms many lands SplcmGidly coIor.l
and decorated chairs and beds nave
been found IN thc tUmbs OF ancient
Egypt
.3hc Chinese and Japanese. posses
sinE from ca:Ijcs, antiquity tn. ar'
OF lacqucr.ne, mad. furniture %: pc
cpitat interest aud beauty. later ,ci.-
ing as the Inspiration FOR decorated
fgTniturc iu England
). Great Variety.
u ri'r"SaN'S lI"Nr p'ubU."d MANY Na-
rfstl's 90 PAINTED furniture, %uu. o..
Il Wf.th hos oocn d,vrlopol today irt,
i piece. remarkably attractive for ,ai-
Il 5ErS or for The breakfast room 90.
81 Ih, average American home
fsit is on record that - few email
pleces 81 Oriental lacqUyrcd iurnI-
tn.e found their way into England as
esA-iy as during the reign Of Queen
"a -ahcth but it was no, untIl IN,
a9N"nturous voyages OF the East IL
. dts Company tchartor.d tn looOp ,n4r
ID t1tss wonderful and rare curio4.i."s
;Narc much seen
A.ommencinr with tho rcriol az
Wll!am and Mary U's4-I-u9,. m
II iRf,uc 81 decorated furniture 5r ,sn.
aSf reached iir height under Quo,.
III" il't2-l'l4', ANA during tn,
Te32n Of the irst George NTl4-l-a-,
lEe 'Ehines" taste" as it was called
~ va sEpf"Wr. ana sluc. ID vas inn.
pofisiblc 20 supply ~ Importation ,,.
sf"Hi demand for lacqucr,l furIi.
tgtc English cabinet makers All.
Il NFfsSed themselves dilIscntly 10 IN.
thek OF mastering the art Som. r.aH
Il ilrGIt' was produced, and man, {nli.
tadions Of varying degrees OF merit,
"a - We! as good den! Of decorated