August, 1 9 13 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



of their systematic and tasteful arrange- 

 ment. 



Another collection of coins is arranged 

 in a series of panels which are hinged and 

 fastened to the wall. Each panel consists 

 of a wooden frame within which are set 

 two panes of glass. The coins are placed 

 between the sheets of glass and rest upon 

 tiny shelves. It is very easy to inspect both 

 sides of the coins on exhibition by merely 

 turning the panels in which they are placed, 

 the panels themselves being arranged 

 against the wall, much like the pages of a 

 book. Should it be necessary to remove a 

 coin the glass doors are very easily opened, 

 for each is protected by a tiny lock in the 

 wooden frame. 



Where prints or engravings are collected 

 there are many methods of arrangement 

 from which to choose. The most eco- 

 nomical, and to my mind the most practical, 

 consists in using a large portfolio or. if 

 necessary, a number of such portfolios, 

 which may be of uniform size and binding. 

 Where prints are thus arranged one may 

 examine or display them to the greatest ad- 

 vantage and if one selects a portfolio which 

 is carried in stock at some dealer's there 

 need be no difficulty in adding to the num- 

 ber of the portfolios to keep pace with the 

 demands of a growing collection. Certain 

 collectors, however, prefer to frame their 

 treasures that their beauty and interest may 

 afford decoration for one's surroundings. 

 One argument for this arrangement is that 

 valued possessions assume the position of 

 intimate friends when, hanging upon the 

 wall, they become a part of every-day lite. 



Both these methods of arranging old 

 prints have much to recommend them but, 

 for my part, I should certainly prefer the 

 plan by which such treasured objects may 

 be seen frequently. I shall always re- 

 member a room in a country house where 

 the walls were covered with a heavy 

 woolen carpet "filling" of a beautiful gray- 

 green. Against this soft background were 

 hung scores of old engravings, large and 

 small, ail within narrow gold frames and 

 with or without mats. The arrangement of 

 the engravings was varied occasionally, for 

 tacks could be driven into the wall without 

 marring in any way the woolen filling with 

 which it was covered. 



Where a collection includes autographs 

 as well as engravings this same method of 

 framing them alike may be used. One 

 very discriminating collector has specialized 

 in fine engraved portraits, chiefly of Ameri- 

 can statesmen and men of letters. Framed 

 together in each instance is a beautiful and 

 valuable engraving, or an etched portrait, 

 and an autograph — sometimes an entire let- 

 ter — of the famous personage portrayed. 



Nothing appears to greater advantage 

 when tastefully arranged in one place than 

 a collection of old firearms, and nothing, 

 to my mind, loses so much when the col- 

 lection is scattered about. This may be 

 because such objects so seldom find a place 

 in homes of our period that when one or 

 two such pieces are placed in a room atten- 

 tion seems to be at once called to their 

 being out of place. Where a number of 

 such oieces are placed together, however, 

 there character is apt to dominate the situa- 

 tion and an effect is created which, while 

 unusual, of course, seems to be both fitting 

 and appropriate. A collector who really 

 values his possessions will take a certain 

 pride in arranging them within a setting 

 which is at once beautiful and sympathetic. 

 The treasures so collected have ceased to be 

 mere objects and have become close and 

 valued friends and no effort to make them 

 appear to the greatest advantage is wasted. 



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