﻿November, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  VI 
  1 
  

  

  LOUIS 
  XV 
  CANE 
  FURNITURE 
  

  

  THE 
  present 
  interest 
  in 
  cane 
  furniture 
  

   has 
  brought 
  about 
  a 
  revival 
  of 
  the 
  ex- 
  

   tremely 
  attractive 
  designs 
  of 
  the 
  Louis 
  

   XV 
  and 
  Louis 
  XVI 
  periods. 
  Nothing 
  bet- 
  

   ter 
  for 
  country 
  houses 
  can 
  be 
  imagined 
  than 
  

   pieces 
  of 
  this 
  character, 
  for 
  they 
  combine 
  

   beauty 
  with 
  utility 
  and 
  grace 
  with 
  stability. 
  

   Nor 
  is 
  their 
  adaptability 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  coun- 
  

   try 
  home. 
  

  

  Cane 
  furniture 
  came 
  into 
  prominence 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  seventeenth 
  century. 
  Flemish 
  furni- 
  

   ture 
  makers 
  brought 
  the 
  art 
  to 
  perfection, 
  and 
  

   it 
  is 
  to 
  craftsmen 
  of 
  the 
  north 
  that 
  the 
  chief 
  

   glory 
  belongs. 
  English 
  furniture 
  during 
  the 
  

   late 
  seventeenth 
  century 
  was 
  also 
  embellished 
  

   with 
  cane. 
  At 
  that 
  time 
  caning 
  was 
  confined 
  

   to 
  the 
  seats 
  and 
  backs 
  of 
  chairs, 
  many 
  charm- 
  

  

  Illustration 
  furnished 
  by 
  the 
  Berkey 
  & 
  Gay 
  Furniture 
  

   Company, 
  Grand 
  Rapids, 
  Michigan 
  

  

  ing 
  examples 
  still 
  existing 
  under 
  the 
  names 
  

   of 
  "Flemish" 
  and 
  "Jacobean." 
  

  

  French 
  craftsmen 
  being 
  closely 
  in 
  touch 
  

   with 
  Flanders 
  were 
  familiar 
  with 
  cane 
  treat- 
  

   ment, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  until 
  the 
  next 
  century 
  

   that 
  it 
  achieved 
  popularity 
  in 
  France. 
  Furni- 
  

   ture 
  makers 
  under 
  Louis 
  XIV 
  worked 
  on 
  

   massive 
  lines, 
  giving 
  prominence 
  to 
  a 
  different 
  

   mode 
  of 
  construction 
  and 
  ornament. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  not 
  until 
  the 
  Louis 
  XV 
  style 
  was 
  

   well 
  established 
  that 
  the 
  possibilities 
  of 
  cane 
  

   were 
  recognized 
  nor 
  until 
  the 
  late 
  Louis 
  XV 
  

   period 
  that 
  the 
  best 
  furniture 
  of 
  this 
  type 
  was 
  

   produced. 
  At 
  that 
  time 
  occurred 
  a 
  reaction 
  in 
  

   France 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  simpler 
  designs. 
  

  

  Genuine 
  pieces 
  of 
  old 
  French 
  cane 
  are 
  

   scarce 
  and 
  now 
  almost 
  priceless, 
  but 
  correct 
  

   reproductions 
  are 
  within 
  the 
  reach 
  of 
  home- 
  

   makers 
  of 
  moderate 
  means, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  their 
  

   ears 
  that 
  we 
  would 
  now 
  speak. 
  

  

  For 
  bedrooms 
  this 
  type 
  of 
  furniture 
  is 
  par- 
  

   ticularly 
  adapted, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  for 
  rooms 
  of 
  this 
  

   character 
  that 
  the 
  old 
  French 
  designers 
  made 
  

   their 
  most 
  attractive 
  patterns. 
  Pieces, 
  such 
  

   as 
  are 
  shown 
  herewith, 
  combine 
  the 
  charm 
  and 
  

   the 
  durability 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  designs 
  with 
  the 
  

   highest 
  modern 
  skill. 
  The 
  caning 
  is 
  done 
  by 
  

   hand 
  and 
  every 
  detail 
  conforms 
  to 
  a 
  high 
  

   standard 
  of 
  excellence. 
  

  

  A 
  cane 
  bed 
  of 
  Louis 
  XV 
  design 
  may 
  be 
  

   purchased 
  in 
  either 
  Circassian 
  walnut 
  or 
  

   enamel 
  with 
  a 
  full 
  bedroom 
  set 
  to 
  match. 
  

   French 
  gray 
  is 
  an 
  attractive 
  tone, 
  combining 
  

   well 
  with 
  cane 
  and 
  affording 
  scope 
  for 
  a 
  fine 
  

   decorative 
  treatment. 
  

  

  To 
  those 
  who 
  prefer 
  an 
  "all 
  wood" 
  effect 
  

   the 
  same 
  designs 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  without 
  the 
  

   cane, 
  in 
  white 
  enamel, 
  gray 
  enamel, 
  and 
  Cir- 
  

   cassian 
  walnut. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  no 
  style 
  that 
  is 
  copied 
  so 
  generally 
  

   by 
  furniture 
  manufacturers 
  as 
  the 
  Louis 
  XV, 
  

   and 
  it 
  requires 
  care 
  and 
  discernment 
  to 
  be 
  

   certain 
  that 
  the 
  furniture 
  offered 
  as 
  pure 
  and 
  

   correct 
  is 
  really 
  so 
  in 
  fact. 
  

  

  Note: 
  Other 
  Louis 
  XVI 
  pieces 
  and 
  period 
  reproductions 
  

   are 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  handsome 
  brochure 
  entitled 
  '■ 
  Furniture 
  

   of 
  Character," 
  issued 
  by 
  Berkey 
  & 
  Gay 
  Furniture 
  Co., 
  

   Grand 
  Rapids, 
  Michigan. 
  It 
  is 
  well 
  worth 
  the 
  15 
  cents 
  in 
  

   stamps 
  that 
  this 
  company 
  asks 
  be 
  sent 
  them, 
  Dept. 
  M, 
  to 
  

   partly 
  cover 
  expense. 
  

  

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