﻿December, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  Vll 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  EMPIRE 
  

  

  STRICTLY 
  speaking, 
  only 
  the 
  furniture 
  

   made 
  prior 
  to 
  the 
  war 
  of 
  the 
  Revolution 
  

   can 
  be 
  called 
  "Colonial." 
  

   "Late 
  Georgian" 
  describes 
  the 
  furniture 
  of 
  

   the 
  latter 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  eighteenth 
  century 
  

   and 
  "American" 
  Empire 
  is 
  the 
  correct 
  term 
  

   for 
  furniture 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   nineteenth 
  century. 
  Thus 
  all 
  pieces 
  having 
  

   carved 
  columns, 
  claw 
  feet, 
  pineapple 
  finials, 
  

   etc., 
  long 
  called 
  Colonial, 
  should 
  be 
  classed 
  

   as 
  American 
  Empire. 
  

  

  Furniture 
  of 
  this 
  type 
  represented 
  the 
  high- 
  

   est 
  skill 
  of 
  our 
  cabinetmakers. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  

  

  Model 
  from 
  Berkey 
  & 
  Gay 
  Furniture 
  Co., 
  

   Grand 
  Rapids, 
  Mich. 
  

  

  movement 
  founded 
  on 
  the 
  French 
  Empire, 
  but 
  

   interpreted 
  in 
  an 
  original 
  way. 
  

  

  American 
  Empire 
  is 
  marked 
  by 
  a 
  greater 
  

   simplicity 
  than 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  regal 
  historic 
  

   pieces 
  which 
  are 
  usually 
  accepted 
  as 
  examples 
  

   of 
  this 
  style. 
  First, 
  living 
  was 
  simpler; 
  sec- 
  

   ond, 
  elaborate 
  furniture 
  was 
  beyond 
  the 
  purse 
  

   of 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  people, 
  and 
  the 
  third, 
  while 
  

   many 
  of 
  our 
  furniture-makers 
  equaled 
  French 
  

   craftsmen 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  treatment 
  of 
  wood 
  was 
  

   concerned, 
  they 
  were 
  incapable 
  of 
  either 
  de- 
  

   signing 
  or 
  executing 
  the 
  elaborate 
  mounts 
  in 
  

   chiseled 
  brass 
  which 
  French 
  furniture 
  makers 
  

   had 
  excelled 
  in 
  for 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  century. 
  

  

  Occasionally 
  on 
  a 
  more 
  elaborate 
  piece 
  of 
  

   American 
  Empire 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  both 
  carving 
  

   and 
  brass 
  ornaments 
  — 
  for 
  instance, 
  a 
  sofa 
  or 
  

   divan 
  with 
  claw 
  feet, 
  carved 
  cornucopias, 
  and 
  

   brass 
  rosettes. 
  Sometimes 
  a 
  simple 
  version 
  of 
  

   the 
  Greek 
  honeysuckle 
  is 
  used, 
  but 
  furniture 
  

   thus 
  ornamented 
  is 
  too 
  uncommon 
  to 
  be 
  classed 
  

   as 
  typical. 
  But 
  the 
  pineapple, 
  the 
  favorite 
  

   finial 
  from 
  the 
  time 
  that 
  English 
  furniture- 
  

   makers 
  discarded 
  the 
  urn 
  until 
  the 
  black 
  wal- 
  

   nut 
  period 
  set 
  in, 
  was 
  made 
  a 
  beautiful 
  fea- 
  

   ture 
  of 
  American 
  designing. 
  That 
  and 
  the 
  

   cornucopia 
  are 
  two 
  very 
  characteristic 
  features 
  

   of 
  the 
  furniture 
  of 
  this 
  period. 
  

  

  The 
  highest 
  class 
  furniture-makers 
  have 
  

   realized 
  this 
  and 
  make 
  a 
  specialty 
  of 
  reproduc- 
  

   ing 
  pieces 
  of 
  this 
  period. 
  For 
  every-day 
  use, 
  

   as 
  we 
  have 
  already 
  pointed 
  out, 
  well 
  made 
  re- 
  

   productions 
  are 
  more 
  desirable. 
  A 
  careful 
  

   inspection 
  of 
  the 
  fine 
  reproductions 
  of 
  the 
  

   American 
  Empire 
  is 
  strongly 
  advised 
  whether 
  

   the 
  room 
  in 
  question 
  be 
  dining-room, 
  bedroom 
  

   or 
  living-room. 
  

  

  Note 
  : 
  Striking 
  examples 
  of 
  this 
  style 
  are 
  made 
  by 
  

   Berkey 
  & 
  Gay 
  Furniture 
  Co., 
  Grand 
  Rapids, 
  Mich., 
  a 
  few 
  

   illustrations 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  used 
  in 
  this 
  article. 
  Their 
  

   brochure, 
  "Furniture 
  of 
  Character," 
  contains 
  descriptions 
  

   not 
  only 
  of 
  this 
  style 
  but 
  also 
  of 
  other 
  periods 
  and 
  classic 
  

   styles. 
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  will 
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  IT 
  ISN'T 
  NECESSARY 
  

  

  to 
  waste 
  your 
  valuable 
  time 
  in 
  rebabbitting 
  your 
  journal 
  bearings, 
  when 
  you 
  can 
  g'et 
  

   a 
  planer 
  that 
  is 
  equipped 
  with 
  Patent 
  Sectional 
  Clamp 
  Bearings 
  that 
  prevent 
  this 
  

   unnecessary 
  work. 
  Tbis 
  device 
  consists 
  or 
  two 
  sets 
  of 
  thin 
  babbitt 
  metal 
  plates, 
  or 
  

   rive 
  plates 
  to 
  the 
  set, 
  for 
  each 
  bearing. 
  These 
  plates 
  rest 
  diagonally 
  upon 
  the 
  upper 
  

   surface 
  of 
  the 
  journals. 
  If 
  the 
  journals 
  should 
  become 
  loosened 
  from 
  wear, 
  all 
  the 
  

   operator 
  has 
  to 
  do 
  is 
  to 
  loosen 
  the 
  clamp 
  bolts 
  and 
  press 
  down 
  the 
  plates 
  -with 
  the 
  

  

  hand. 
  These 
  plates 
  exert 
  no 
  pressure 
  

   downward, 
  except 
  that 
  of 
  their 
  own 
  

   ■weight, 
  thereby 
  preventing 
  the 
  journals 
  

   from 
  getting 
  too 
  tight 
  a 
  fit 
  and 
  over- 
  

   heating. 
  It 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  above 
  principle 
  

   that 
  -we 
  have 
  constructed 
  the 
  journals 
  on 
  

   our 
  No. 
  156 
  Cabinet 
  Smoothing 
  Planer. 
  

  

  Shall 
  we 
  send 
  you 
  a 
  descriptive 
  

   circular? 
  

  

  J. 
  A. 
  FAY 
  & 
  EGAN 
  CO. 
  

  

  No. 
  156 
  Cabinet 
  Smoothing 
  Planer 
  

  

  209-229 
  W. 
  FRONT 
  ST. 
  

  

  CINCINNATI, 
  0. 
  

  

  