House and Garden 
earlier work was strongly influenced by the 
i Dutch and his later efforts by the French. 
The F.nglish designer has never been at his best 
when copying the Frenchman. 
To-day the fancy of collectors, particularly 
in this country, turns to the designs of Sheraton 
and Fleppelwhite. The designs of these great 
furniture makers are often confused and there 
I is some foundation for it. Both used the long, 
tapering leg, and both made a most effective 
use of inlay. Sheraton’s inlay, as we find it in 
America, is often in the form of slender lines sunk 
! in a mahogany surface; lines of holly, harewood, 
I satinwood, boxwood or kingwood. Fie obtained 
, masterly effects with inlay, often in the simplest 
I manner possible. Fleppelwhite usually chose 
more elaborate patterns, but clung to a simple 
and beautiful form of construction. The fluted 
leg is generally attributed to Sheraton, and 
the plain tapering one to Heppelwhite, but 
Sheraton made use of the taper just as he some¬ 
times did of the shield back for his chairs. With 
Heppelwhite the shield - shaped chair was his 
most common form. When Heppelwhite used 
the plain, tapering leg he added the spade-foot, 
which Sheraton never did. 
In looking for reproductions of Sheraton’s 
work it would be hard to find anything better 
for a bedroom than the bureau which we illus¬ 
trate. It has the charm and refinement neces¬ 
sary for a room, which above all should be 
simple and dainty in its appointments. This 
furniture expressed the spirit of the best work of 
the late eighteenth century, and a careful exam¬ 
ination of its construction will show that pains¬ 
taking regard for detail which was the hall¬ 
mark of the handicraft of that day. In a room 
decorated in the style of the period, where wall- 
hangings, curtains, and floor coverings have been 
I chosen to harmonize, it would be possible to 
I obtain by the use of this bureau and the pieces 
I which accompany it, a very attractive Sheraton 
I bedroom. 
Note. —The model for this article is from Berkey & Gay 
Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., who make correct re¬ 
productions of Colonial and Period Furniture. Their bro¬ 
chure, entitled “ Furniture of Character,” is instructive, 
and can be obtained by sending 15 cents in postage to Dept. 
N to partly defray expenses. 
TREE PRUNING 
HERE pruning is judiciously and 
courageously done, a tree which 
is apparently nearly dead may be 
brought back to vigorous life, and its 
existence prolonged, perhaps for a cen¬ 
tury. The principle to be observed is 
to increase leaf surface and promote its 
exposure to light. If half of a branch 
which bears only small and scattered 
leaves is cut away, the remaining half, 
which now receives all the nourishment 
from the roots that was previously dis¬ 
tributed through the entire branch, will 
put forth much larger and more numer¬ 
ous leaves, so that the total area of the 
leaves on the half branch that is left will 
often be more than twice as great as that 
of all the leaves on the entire branch 
before pruning. As the elaboration of 
D uring the long winter evenings, which are 
now at hand, in talking oatf the plans for 
the new home to be hnilt in the Spring or 
for the alterations to bo made, the question of the 
best fixtures for the bathrooms and toilets is one 
which must be decided sufficiently in advance of 
building, to be sure of having the goods read)' when 
needed. 
This important sanitary question has been solved 
by thousands of people, by the simple decision to 
use “Ideal” Solid Porcelain ware bathtubs, sinks, 
and laundry tubs, and either “Ideal” Solid Porce¬ 
lain or “Impervio” Vitreous Chinaware Lavatories; 
white the closet bowl and tank should, without a 
doubt, be of the very best hard fire Vitreous China 
syphon jet pattern. 
There is only one manufacturer in this country 
who makes all of the above mentioned goods, and 
who, therefore, can guarantee the same stable 
quality and durability throughout the fixtures. 
That manufacturer is the I'renton Potteries Co., 
Trenton, N. J. 
The Company owns and operates six complete 
factories in Trenton, and is also represented in the 
Canadian trade by the Canadian Trenton Potteries 
Co., of St. Johns, Quebec. 
The following letter we consider a testimonial, 
which will surely ai^peal to representative house 
builders and house owners, and we also have con¬ 
fidence that after your decision is that your Archi¬ 
tect specify and your Plumber install goods of our 
make, you will feel like writing us a similar letter, 
after having used the fi.xtures. 
North Adams, Mass., May 9, 1907. 
Trenton Potteries Co., 
Trenton, N. J. 
Gentlemen: —I would like to have you send me, if you 
will, one of those little pocket catalogs. I got one catalog 
when I called on you and bought some tubs, but loaned it 
to the plumber, and now my family want to keep one of 
these catalogs to show to our friends who look the house 
over, as the goods are very beautiful. I have two of your 
tubs and three lavatories. Hoping that you will favor me, 
I remain. 
Yours truly, 
ARCHER PI. BARBER. 
Let us mail you a small booklet of fine half-tone 
illustrations of our goods. You can have one of 
these books by simply addressing 
The Trenton Potteries Co., 
Trenton, N. J., U. S. A. 
NEW BURLAPS 
“Scotia” and “Empire” 
Suitable for High-Class 
INTERIOR DECORATIONS 
Send for Samples 
RICHTER MFG. CO., Tenafly, N. J. 
New YorR, 20 East 2l3t Street 
Chicago, 43 E. R.arvdoIph Street. 
The final note of Comfort, Health and Beauty is 
added to your home with an equipment of snowy 
“iSteudard’ Porcelain Enameled Ware in the bathroom, 
bedroom, kitchen and laundry. 
Write for our beautifully illustrated book, “Modern 
Bathrooms,’’ showing interiors of bathrooms and 
giving cost of fixtures in detail. Mailed for six cents 
postage. 
Standard SanitargTDfn. Cd. Dept. 40, Pittsburg, Pa. 
Detail of Faience F’rieze, Exterior of Woman’s 
Building, Carnegie Technical Schools, 
Pittsburg. 
P.AiAiKR & lIoKNBOSTEL, Architects. 
Supplied by 
The Rookwood Pottery Co. 
CINCINNATI 
1 Madison Ave., New York 
2 5 
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