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House & Garden 
the sociological fact of the 
times, a fact found in the years 
coming on the heels of any 
great world struggle. The un¬ 
rest of past days is driving 
men and women back to their 
hearth-sides to re-establish 
their Lares and Penates. 
On these grounds House &; 
Garden can safely predict 
that no domestic subject in the 
near future will enjoy greater 
popularity and interest than 
interior decoration. At this 
writing, we are showing some 
interiors which have the dis¬ 
tinctive French spirit. In a 
later issue the English room 
will be considered in detail. 
A Victoire Room 
The first room shown was 
decorated in celebration of the 
victory by John AVanamaker. 
It is French in every line— 
modem French—cheerful, gay 
and very smart. The spirit of 
Victory has been the inspira¬ 
tion for one of the “toiles de 
guerre” recently designed by a 
young Frenchman named Jean 
Lauer. Its tri-color, lusty cock 
and Croix de Guerre, all em¬ 
blems of France, form the de¬ 
sign. This has given sufficient 
color to create a “Victoire 
room” done in the soft toned 
French interpretation of the 
An extraordinarily fine revival of antique Louis XVI is found in the In the bedroom of the Nathan apartment the Louis XVI spirit also 
morning room of the apartment of' Mrs. Alfred Nathan, New York prevails. The background is gray with over-doors in Grisaille and sal- 
City. Alavoine fr Co., decorators mon color damask upholstery 
tri-color which is far removed 
from our ordinary conception 
of the blatant red, white and 
blue of the flag. 
To match the most delicate 
gray tone colors in the chintz 
blue taffeta was chosen to edge 
the curtains and tie-backs of 
the same, finished with a taf¬ 
feta rosette of the same deli¬ 
cate red and blue. The lamp 
shade is cafe au lait with scal¬ 
loped edges bound in red and 
blue. 
The Furniture and Walls 
The Victoire chintz is used 
for slip covers as well. Some 
of the covers, however, are 
made in natural colored linen 
bound in red in some cases and 
blue in others. The walls are 
a warm cream color and on 
them hang quaint old French 
prints showing the gay and 
radiant ladies of the times. 
Some of the taffeta cushions 
are in blue, others in red. 
The fireside grouping with 
its antique walnut chairs up¬ 
holstered in dark brown mo¬ 
hair and its pair of smart lit¬ 
tle bookcases has dignity and 
repose. The glass flower hold¬ 
ers are legion blue. That same 
color has been rubbed into the 
moldings of the cream walls. 
Thus the tri-color has been i 
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