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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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did not crave tawdry imitations and re- 

 main curious till they got them — satisfied 

 when they did, instead they evolved ma- 

 terials within their means, and the strength 

 of character which was the backbone of 

 their sincere desire to progress towards bet- 

 ter things so impressed itself upon the 

 periods of the earlier centuries that wc 

 have no hesitancy in admitting the finer 

 examples of the farmhouse furniture of 

 yesterday into the living-rooms of our 

 houses in good taste to-day. Indeed chintz, 

 at its best period became a fashionable ma- 

 terial in decoration and remained popular 

 until the haircloth of Victorian ingenuity 

 smothered it for some decades. But sur- 

 vived this calamity — and a revival of the 

 interest in the old patterns has been brought 

 about by the quaint charm these old fabrics 

 possessed. The old chintzes or printed cot- 

 tons which suffered from the advent of 

 haircloth often remained hidden beneath 

 this dismal covering, and the writer recalls 

 many occasions on which he has been pres- 

 ent at the resurrection of these old fabrics 

 when their superiors have been driven 

 forth to the oblivion of the flames. In- 

 deed every true collector who comes into 

 possession of an old chair, sofa or stool 

 that needs recovering, will do well to take 

 a peep beneath the coverings of early ma- 

 terials in the hope of discovering original 

 chintzes for even though these chintzes 

 may not be restored in their entirity, 

 specimens of those of excellence in de- 

 sign may still serve many purposes and 

 they are eagerly sought for by collectors 

 of textiles and museums of industrial 

 arts. 



E.B. The photograph of the vase-like 

 jar you send clearly shows that it is a 

 piece of Nalian Majolica, an albarella or 

 drug-pot similar in lines and inscription 

 to one in the Sampson collection which 

 was recently shown by the American Art 

 Association previous to the sale of the 

 collection in January. Although your 

 albarella is probably of Nineteenth 

 Century Deruta manufacture and not an 

 old piece. 



D.A. von E. The Blue-bell shaped mark 

 with the four tiny petal-like circles above 

 the central point at the bell and the 

 curled stem to the right below of which 

 you send a tracing would indicate that 

 the piece of faience about which you ask 

 is blue Rouen of the second period, that 

 is to say from 1710 to 1755. The Metro- 

 politan Museum of Art, New York con- 

 tains some very fine examples of early 

 Rouen, notably those from the Morgan 

 collection. 



W.S.T. You will find some very fine ex- 

 amples of Paul Revere's craft as a silver- 

 smith on exhibition in the Boston 

 Museum of Fine Arts. The march num- 

 ber of American Homes and Gardens 

 will illustrate a number of these in con- 

 nection with an article on "Early Ameri- 

 can Silver." 



G.C.L. The little prints you submitted 

 for inspection are proofs from the origi- 

 nal woodblocks by Alexander Anderson, 

 the early American wood engraver from 

 which (the blocks having been well pre- 

 served) your proofs were taken after 

 their original use. Anderson is said to 

 have executed over 150 engravings on 

 wood after his ninetieth year. Excellent ex- 

 amples of his work may be obtained in the 

 various print shops, and collectors interested 

 in the history of engraving in America will 

 do well to turn their attention to collecting 

 them as the opportunity offers itself. 



