AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
April, 1909 
8 —Old furniture harmoniously combined with new 
revolution in interior furnishings—rugs, curtains, portieres, 
even picture frames, lamp mats and table covers. All of these 
have now special designs to accompany the plain lines of the 
furniture, and set patterns in place of the naturalistic. Pos- 
sibly the enthusiastic reception of the Mission furniture has 
had something to do with the waning interest in Oriental 
effects, and the abolition of the once famous cozy corner. 
In the interior view of a study in a summer home where 
the walls are paneled with sheets of birch bark (illustration 
9—A comfortable chair for afternoon tea 
No. 9) a good type of chair for the small home is shown. 
This is cane-seated, and with the back also caned, with wide 
flat arms on which a book or magazine may be rested. 
When serving a cup of tea this chair is also a favorite. It 
is made with three different stains, green, natural oak and 
Flemish, at a cost of nine dollars and fifty cents. A writing 
table built on the same plan as the chair is used in this room 
with a Mission side table. One need not, indeed, go to con- 
siderable expense to furnish a home tastefully. 
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10—An attic sitting-room 
