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Stained with Cabot^s Creosote Stains 

 F. H. Briggs, Architect, Plandome, L. I., N. Y. 



Moss-green and Tile-red Roofs 

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WOOD CARVING FOR HOUSE- 

 HOLD USE 



By IDA J. BURGESS 



THE art of the woodcarver applied to 

 furniture has been so greatly over- 

 done by the enthusiastic use of it in 

 positions where it is essentially inappro- 

 priate, that to many the very name sug- 

 gests chairs with uncomfortable seats 

 having impossible backs all decorated 

 with strange beasts or fantastic curves 

 where the need for plain spaces against 

 which the human body may rest would 

 seem the most evident even to a wood- 

 carver. 



With the idea of making "a work of 

 art," something to be looked at primarily, 

 rather than for use, the Italian and Ger- 

 man woodcarvers of the last few centuries 

 have sought to literally cover every space 

 of the chair with carving except the seat. 



The natural revolt against this over 

 decoration was the casting aside of all 

 decoration by the hand of the woodcarver 

 on furniture and in its place leaving only 

 the severe straight line of the Morris type 

 further developed into the mission furni- 

 ture. 



The revival of handicraft in carving 

 has brought back to use again on the part 

 of many who delight in the handling of 

 tools, the ancient art of woodcarving. 

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 than carving on furniture for household 

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 on the furniture where it will really em- 

 bellish and not destroy the structural lines 

 of the furniture itself. For like anything 

 built by the hand of man, from a chair to 

 a great cathedral, these lines of construc- 

 tion must be in evidence always, and the 

 decoration so placed that they will re- 

 main the leading lines followed by the 

 eye from base to summit. 



Too much importance cannot be put 

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 may be. All these useful articles have 

 served the woodcarver a means by which 

 to show his skill in carvings that have 

 been at times highly successful and at 

 times quite the contrary. 



The peasant carvings of the dwellers in 

 cold countries have always been highly 

 interesting. Those of the far north, the 

 Scandinavian countries, give us massive 

 chests _ embellished with symbolic repre- 

 sentations of the myths and sagas taken 

 from the early traditions. Some of the 

 meanings have lost their earlier signifi- 

 cance, remaining only curiously twisted 

 ornaments, perhaps where the ancient 

 woodcarver saw the great serpent, svmbol 

 of evil entwined about the roots of the 

 tree of life igidrasdil. 



In the long night of the far north, the 

 dwellers in the forests had pleasant occu- 

 pation by the firelight of their cabins, 

 carving the intricate flat pattern bands 

 used so constantly on their chairs and 

 chests. These incised patterns in low re- 

 lief form a beautiful ornament without 

 presenting any of those protruding lumps 

 or other unfortunate surfaces for the hu- 

 man body to rest against. When carving 

 in relief is used, such as garlands of fruit 

 and flowers, they should be on wall sur- 

 faces well above reach. Such high relief 

 carving is admirable enough also for 

 picture frames, but here again the simpler 

 forms are far more pleasing and a good 

 deal of plain surface having delicate in- 

 cised lines is better for modern work. 



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STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT 



of American Homes and Gardens, published monthly at 

 New York, N. Y., required by the Act of August 24, 1912. 



Editor, Gardner C. Teall, post-office address 361 Broad- 

 way, New York, N. Y. 



Managing Editor, Gardner C. Teall, post-office address 

 361 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 



Business Managers, Charles Allen Munn, post-office 

 address, 361 Broadway, New York, N. Y., and Frederick 

 C. Beach, post-office address 361 Broadway, New York, 

 N. Y. 



Publishers, Munn & Co., Inc., post-office address 361 

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 of stock) Charles A. Munn, Orange, N. J.; Frederick C. 

 Beach, Stratford, Conn.; Jennie B. Gasper, 30 West 63rd 

 Street, New York, N. Y. ; Margaret A. Beach, Stratford, 

 Conn.; Annie E. Munn, 281 Lexington Avenue, New 

 York, N. Y. (in trust) ; Orson D. Munn, Southampton, 

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Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of 

 October, 1913. 



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