﻿November, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  423 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  nursery 
  there 
  

   simply 
  must 
  be 
  a 
  frieze, 
  or, 
  

   better 
  yet, 
  sections 
  of 
  

   friezes. 
  And 
  quaint 
  nursery 
  

   frieze 
  sections 
  may 
  be 
  had 
  

   separately. 
  The 
  one 
  illus- 
  

   trate 
  d 
  costs 
  seventy-five 
  

   cents, 
  and 
  shows 
  the 
  mod- 
  

   ern 
  sort 
  to 
  be 
  as 
  inspiriting 
  

   as 
  the 
  old-time 
  sort 
  was 
  

   namby-pamby. 
  Sturdy 
  lit- 
  

   tle 
  Dutch 
  boys 
  and 
  girls 
  at 
  

   play 
  with 
  solid 
  Dutch 
  toys 
  

   are 
  among 
  the 
  most 
  pop- 
  

   ular, 
  though 
  that 
  original 
  

   Cecil 
  Aldin 
  "Cracking 
  the 
  

   Whip" 
  group 
  has 
  by 
  no 
  

   means 
  been 
  ousted 
  from 
  

   favor. 
  Such 
  sections 
  are 
  

   often 
  framed, 
  or 
  put 
  up 
  

   with 
  glass 
  headed 
  pins, 
  or 
  

   pasted 
  between 
  architect- 
  

   ural 
  features. 
  At 
  any 
  rate 
  

   they 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  placed 
  

   around 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  wall, 
  

   both 
  because 
  the 
  effect 
  is 
  

   monotonous 
  and 
  up 
  where 
  

   the 
  little 
  occupant 
  can 
  

   hardly 
  see 
  it. 
  

  

  While 
  this 
  type 
  of 
  deco- 
  

   ration 
  is 
  best 
  suited 
  to 
  up- 
  

   stairs 
  rooms, 
  splendid 
  ef- 
  

   fects 
  may 
  be 
  noted 
  on 
  the 
  

   main 
  floor 
  of 
  many 
  an 
  at- 
  

   tractive 
  house. 
  

  

  A 
  dining-room, 
  foi 
  in- 
  

   stance, 
  may 
  be 
  vastly 
  en- 
  

   riched 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  a 
  crown 
  

   cut 
  from 
  a 
  fruit 
  paper. 
  A 
  

   certain 
  inviting 
  dining- 
  

   room 
  in 
  a 
  Florida 
  winter 
  

   home 
  has 
  its 
  cream 
  wall- 
  

   paper 
  topped 
  by 
  a 
  design 
  

   cut 
  from 
  an 
  orange-figured 
  

   paper, 
  showing 
  fruit 
  that 
  

   looks 
  as 
  real 
  as 
  that 
  which 
  

   hangs 
  outside 
  the 
  broad 
  

   dining-room 
  window. 
  Very 
  

   often 
  the 
  smaller 
  fruits 
  are 
  

   utilized 
  with 
  fine 
  effect, 
  

   though 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  difficult 
  to 
  d 
  

   itself 
  as 
  completely 
  as 
  the 
  grape, 
  

   done 
  in 
  natural 
  wood 
  is 
  cut 
  from 
  

  

  Nasturtium 
  Crown 
  with 
  Ivory 
  Ground 
  and 
  Narrow 
  High 
  Gloss 
  Stripe 
  

  

  Quaint 
  Nursery 
  Frieze 
  Sections 
  May 
  Be 
  Had 
  Separately 
  

  

  ground, 
  which 
  matches 
  the 
  

   plain 
  paper 
  that 
  is 
  used 
  

   down 
  to 
  the 
  wainscoting. 
  

   Upon 
  the 
  heavy, 
  gnarled 
  

   vine 
  in 
  purple-tan 
  shades 
  

   are 
  dainty 
  tendrils, 
  leaves 
  

   of 
  russet 
  and 
  green, 
  and 
  

   great 
  grapes 
  of 
  deliciously 
  

   warm 
  purple 
  hues. 
  The 
  

   pictured 
  crown 
  is 
  cut 
  from 
  

   a 
  design 
  showing 
  splendid 
  

   white 
  grapes 
  on 
  a 
  magnifi- 
  

   cent 
  vine, 
  and 
  is 
  used 
  above 
  

   a 
  white 
  paper 
  with 
  a 
  high 
  

   gloss 
  stripe 
  in 
  a 
  room 
  with 
  

   immaculately 
  white 
  wood- 
  

   work 
  and 
  rare 
  old 
  mahog- 
  

   any 
  furniture. 
  

  

  So 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  ordinary 
  is 
  

   the 
  French 
  parrot 
  frieze, 
  

   and 
  so 
  entirely 
  "in 
  the 
  pic- 
  

   ture" 
  with 
  the 
  Colonial 
  fur- 
  

   nishings 
  of 
  a 
  Colonial 
  

   house, 
  that 
  it 
  can 
  not 
  

   be 
  declared 
  banal 
  even 
  by 
  

   the 
  greatest 
  stickler 
  for 
  

   plain 
  walls. 
  No 
  matter 
  

   how 
  dead 
  friezes 
  may 
  be 
  in 
  

   the 
  ordinary 
  sense, 
  they 
  are 
  

   tremendously 
  alive 
  if 
  they 
  

   be 
  exceptional 
  in 
  themselves 
  

   or 
  very 
  much 
  in 
  accord 
  with 
  

   the 
  other 
  furnishings, 
  or 
  

   with 
  the 
  taste 
  of 
  the 
  occu- 
  

   pant. 
  This 
  very 
  deep 
  par- 
  

   rot 
  frieze, 
  which 
  costs 
  

   $1.50 
  per 
  yard, 
  shows 
  

   splendid 
  parrots 
  done 
  in 
  

   blues 
  and 
  greens 
  and 
  a 
  

   sumptuous, 
  rosy 
  shade 
  

   which 
  is 
  both 
  raspberry 
  red 
  

   and 
  watermelon 
  pink. 
  

   Some 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  plucking 
  

   rosy 
  grapes 
  from 
  the 
  mas- 
  

   sive 
  vine 
  with 
  its 
  richly 
  

   tinted 
  leaves. 
  With 
  rasp- 
  

   berry 
  pink 
  hangings 
  and 
  a 
  

   rug 
  in 
  that 
  tone 
  — 
  what 
  de- 
  

   lightful 
  warmth! 
  Indeed, 
  

   color 
  richness 
  is 
  the 
  kev- 
  

  

  iscover 
  anything 
  that 
  lends 
  

   A 
  crown 
  for 
  a 
  dining-room 
  

   a 
  paper 
  with 
  a 
  Burne-Jones 
  

  

  note 
  of 
  this 
  superb 
  new 
  French 
  parrot 
  frieze. 
  

  

  Another 
  exceptional 
  example 
  is 
  the 
  sunset 
  yachting 
  frieze, 
  

   which 
  has 
  been 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  seashore 
  house 
  of 
  a 
  yachtsman. 
  

  

  The 
  Poetic 
  and 
  Fascinating 
  Sunset 
  Yachting 
  Frieze 
  

  

  