and in wall-papers. The black chintzes are not exactly 
what their name implies, for they are not really black, but 
are gaily patterned in brilliant colors against black grounds. 
Large bunches of conventional flowers, parrots, pagodas 
and branches of trees, all treated in the Chinese style, are 
usually the decoration. ‘The colors are all very vivid and 
the designs are well distributed, so as to cover up most of 
the background. These chintzes are very attractive in them- 
selves when properly employed. As black-grounded chintzes 
were inspired by the black lacquers and porcelains, having 
a black background, and their characteristics of design being 
essentially Chinese, these chintzes would look best in a room 
where the Chinese note is accentuated. A room papered 
in one of the Chinese figured papers, harmonizing with the 
hangings and upholstery, is very attractive, and the same 
sort of papers and fabrics look especially well in a room 
having brown-stained furniture of the cottage type, or with 
willow-ware and the Singalese and Chinese hour-glass chairs 
now imported and for sale in eastern shops. Chinese em- 
broideries, or even Japanese prints framed in narrow, flat, 
black moldings, and Geisha lampshades, 
with their black lacquered frames, help to 
tie the color scheme of such a room to- 
gether. Such a treatment is suitable for a 
room having a great deal of sunlight. 
A LIBRARY LIVING-ROOM 
ay interesting arrangement for the living- 
room was seen in a recently completed 
small house in the suburbs of Boston. The 
owner desired a large living-room, so instead 
of dividing the lower floor west of the hall 
into two rooms, as originally planned, he 
decided to leave it in one spacious room 
running the entire depth of the house. The 
French windows at the rear opened onto a 
brick-paved terrace, and from the living- 
room one could catch pleasant vistas of an 
old-fashioned garden beyond the terrace. 
LTHOUGH there was no actual line of 
demarcation visible, it was decided to 
have the end of the room, beyond the 
chimney-breast and facing on the terrace, 
do duty as a library, while the remainder 
and larger portion would be the family sitting-room. <A 
wainscoting of simple panels extended around the room, 
with the exception of the spaces at the library end, which 
were filled with built-in bookshelves. The woodwork was 
stained a dark rich brown, and above the wainscoting the 
wall was covered with a neutral orange-toned paper, the tone 
of which varied to a slight degree, the paper having the ap- 
pearance of leather, forming a most excellent background. 
Light ground chintz in the Chinese 
' style 
January, 1912 
HE furniture, of dark oak, was built on straightforward 
lines and resembled the lighter Mission furniture to a 
certain extent. The legs and main structural parts of the 
furniture had been turned, which eliminated the extreme 
angularity and heaviness which is characteristic of most 
Mission furniture, and the pieces had the appearance of 
some of the old English furniture of turned wood. 
PAPERING AND FURNISHING A COLONIAL DINING-ROOM 
READER requests a suggestion for papering a large 
dining-room having ivory-white woodwork, and asks 
what furniture would look well therein. A gray striped 
paper or a plain gray oatmeal paper will combine beauti- 
fully with the ivory-white paint. As for the furniture, re- 
productions in mahogany of a table and chairs after the 
designs of Hepplewhite are excellent for the dining-room 
of a house which is being carried out in the Colonial spirit. 
A built-in china-closet could take the place of a side- 
board, and a little servingtable of the same sttyle used. 
One sees these built-in closets in a great many Colonial 
houses throughout the country. 
Over-curtains of yellow armure will go 
well with the gray paper, if one thinks that 
it is desirable to have draperies in such a 
room, other than the pane curtains. 
For lighting purposes simple brass side- 
lights are suggested, in the form of electric 
candles with Empire shades. ‘These, to- 
gether with candlesticks on the table, will 
light a dining-room of this description 
beautifully, to which could be added a cen- 
tral light having a yellow silk shade, if 
desired. 
SUGGESTIONS FOR REPAPERING A HALLWAY 
NOTHER correspondent wishes advice 
A in the matter of repapering a hallway. 
From the sample of paper sent and a memo- 
randum of the hall’s dimensions, the trouble 
with the old scheme of papering is instantly 
apparent. ‘The hall is too small to stand a 
paper having such large figures. A paper 
with a large, bold pattern always has a 
tendency to make a room appear smaller, 
and this undoubtedly has been the case in 
this instance. As this hall is evidently merely a passageway 
and entry to the house, and as the correspondent desires one- 
tone effects, one heartily recommends adopting a one-tone ef- 
fect in this hall, also in the other rooms on the lower floor, 
for in this way the effect of more space will be obtained, as 
one-tone papers will make your rooms appear larger. Should 
the correspondent decide to repaper the hall, we advise using 
a plain light tan, or a two-toned striped tan-colored paper. 
