HOUSE AND GARDEN 
July, 1913 
the Vienna lines, strongly and simply built, with the chair most 
comfortable and practical. This furniture can be used in the 
natural color, which is somewhat darker than the natural willow, 
or it can be stained or enameled any color to harmonize with the 
entire scheme of the surroundings. The 
pieces shown are stained a very light tan, 
which color tones in beautifully with the 
block-printed linen used for the chair 
cushion of tans and dull blues. The table 
has some of the Vienna lacquer holders for 
flowers, marmalade, fruit and sugar. 
In the left corner of page 33 is another 
group of rattan furniture of very pleasing 
design. It is stained g'reen, and that color 
is repeated in the leaves of the hand¬ 
printed linen on the seat cushions. The 
fiow'ers are in a soft tone of blue on a white 
ground. The w'all-paper is of this same 
blue, making a most unusual, charming 
color combination with the green. The 
contrast in this scheme is brought about 
with the touch of the tomato red of the 
flowers in the small holder and the batik 
lamp shade of the same color on the almost 
white Japanese base. The rug, which is 
most suitable for this kind of furniture, is 
of wool, and reversible, solid green center 
with a green and white border. The plant 
stand at the window is a particularly nice 
one, and especially suitable for carrying 
some of the lacquered plant or flower 
holders. Imagine how cheerful a room with 
light woodwork could be 
made by using one or two 
of these in white enamel fin¬ 
ish at the windows. The low¬ 
er center shelf could hold 
some ivy plants, while at the 
sides and top might be some 
bright geraniums or other 
colored flowers. For certain 
rooms, however, the black 
stained stands are more ap¬ 
propriate, especially if black 
furniture is used. 
Now we come to the upper 
photograph on page 33, which 
shows the same black and 
white linen as shown in the 
first illustration, and this time 
used with furniture especially 
designed for it. Nothing 
could be more suitable for 
such material than the simple, 
straight lines used in the 
furniture, which is made of 
oak stained black and gray; 
and the insert of a bit of the 
same material as the seats in 
the chair backs is quite a strik¬ 
ing and original idea. Here 
again is an example of the 
proper handling of black and 
white resulting in a very beautiful and quite unusual effect. 
A most artistic and livable dining-room could be made by using 
this furniture as a keynote: the larger chairs placed at the head 
and foot of the table and the smaller ones at the sides. The 
woodwork might be stained black and gray like the furniture, and 
the walls painted white or papered with a plain, light toned paper. 
Then perhaps we might have the wall spaces divided into panels 
with a small, black stenciled border, such as the one shown in 
the photograph of the young girl's room; 
and now we have a black and white scheme. 
It will be very easy to liven up the room 
with color; for instance, the floor could 
have a plain, one-tone rug, and the same 
color be repeated at the windows. The 
walls too will need some colors, and if 
there are not some good colored prints at 
hand (which must be in good proportion 
with the space they are to occupy) then 
the beauty of the entire room could be 
enhanced by some medallions placed in the 
different panels, either painted or stenciled 
in a few bright colors. If any hangings 
are to be used at the doors the same linen 
used on the furniture would be the most 
attractive, and this should then be used at 
the windows for valances. 
The draperies and table cover shown in 
the photograph with the chairs which sug¬ 
gested this imaginary room, are some more 
of the new innovations used extensively and 
most artistically in the Austrian and Ger¬ 
man interiors. The design is embroidered 
on a light colored linen or cotton material, 
giving a very rich effect. The especial 
design shown here is embroidered in black 
on a very light gray material, and the 
only colors used are in the 
flowers and leaves of rich in¬ 
tense burnt orange and gray 
green. The orange color is 
again repeated in the Ruskin 
bowl on the table—and just 
this one bowl of color makes 
all the difference in the world. 
These bowls come in the most 
brilliant of colors—canary 
yellow', orange, apple green 
and many other tones—and 
they add a great deal to the 
effect of any room. Some¬ 
times these seemingly small 
things make an almost unbe¬ 
lievable difference in the total 
final effect. 
The white lacquered flower 
holders, for instance, shown 
in some of the photographs, 
make the prettiest and dain¬ 
tiest of touches. They are all 
designed by Prof. Hoffmann 
and other artists engaged by 
the Wiener Werkstaette which 
manufactures them. The 
ware is made of metal, white 
enameled and lacquered, 
which prevents it from chip¬ 
ping and makes it very dur¬ 
able. The baskets for flowers have a removable cut glass re¬ 
ceptacle for holding the water, and they are one and all con¬ 
structed on simple lines, the designer never forgetting the use 
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Corner of a young girl’s room, combining 
grays and blacks in furniture and walls 
Strongly and simply built, along Viennese lines, this rattan furniture is 
stained a light tan 
