H ouse and Garden 
low countries were the great furniture makers of 
the seventeenth century. 
During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries 
Flemish and Dutch designs were so closely allied 
that the two adjectives are often used interchange¬ 
ably. Previous to this date there was a great 
difference in the arts of the two countries: Flanders 
was more closely in touch with F rance and Holland 
with Germany. In the hands of the Flemish fur¬ 
niture makers the grotes(]ue heads and masks of 
the late Italian Renaissance were adapted to a 
simpler, sturdier form of ornament. 
The Arabesque, the Cartouche, and the various 
forms of animal and floral details which both 
French and Italian carvers had used until they were 
little more than grotesque flourishes, took on a new 
meaning. Columns, pediments, and mouldings 
were introduced in a constructive way, thus be¬ 
coming a part of the actual furniture. 
The illustration produced shows the fine con¬ 
structive qualities which mark the earlier designs. 
Such work compares favorably with seventeenth 
century pieces, and is made at a price which is very 
reasonable considering the grade of the sideboard. 
Prior to the sixteenth century there was no real 
dining-room furniture. The great halls of the day 
were used as dining places, and were fitted with 
furniture which served several purposes. When 
the hall lost its mediaeval significance the modes of 
living changed. Dining in public went out of fash¬ 
ion, and the dining-room pure and simple came 
into existence. It was at this period that the side¬ 
board, the round or square dining table, and chairs 
which were used solely at meals, first made their 
appearance. 
In selecting reproductions or adaptations of old 
designs the wise householder will seek those pieces 
which perpetuate the seventeenth century spirit. 
Flemish oak furniture in an appropriate setting 
has an exceedingly rich and substantial effect. 
Note : No furniture manufacturer in this country has brought 
out more reproductions of the Flemish Renaissance than the 
Berkey & Gay Furniture Company of Grand Rapids, Mich. The 
furniture of this period is entertainably described in their hand¬ 
some brochure “ Furniture of Character/’ which will be mailed to 
all desiring it, if they will send 15 cts. in postage to Dept. B. 
their office. Grand Rapids, Mich. 
MORE THAN ONE WAY OF PAYING 
FOR A CHURCH 
^ I ^HE cost of building the native 
church of the London Missionary 
Society in Apia has been defrayed chiefly 
by cricket matches! Once a week the 
chiefs ordered all the people, men 
and women, boys and girls, to play the 
game. Any one who disobeyed this 
order was fined a dollar. This did not 
often happen, for all usually mustered 
on the ground for play. The matches 
were played in different parts of the 
town, and from three hundred to four 
hundred players would take part in one 
game. Each player of the losing side 
had to subscribe a shilling toward the 
building of the church. The scheme 
became very popular, and after a while 
folk of all denominations, people from 
other parts of the world, white and black, 
desired to participate in the game. It 
D uring the long winter evenings, which are 
now at hand, in talking over the plans for 
the new home to be built in the Spring or 
for the alterations to be made, the cpiestion of the 
best fi.xtures for the bathrooms anti toilets is one 
which must be decided sufficiently in advance of 
building, to be sure of having the goods ready when 
needed. 
This important sanitary question has been soh ed 
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; 
while 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 Trenton 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 appeal 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 wTiting us a similar letter, 
after having used the fixtures. 
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 farnily 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, 
1 remain. 
Yours truly, 
ARCHER H. 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. 
The final note of Comfort, Health and Beauty is 
added to your home with an equipment of snowy 
■‘Standard” 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 Sanitars TDfq.Co. Dept. 40, Pittsburg, Pa. 
Detail of Faience Frieze, Exterior of Womair’s 
Building, Carnegie Technical Schools, 
Pittsburg. 
Palmier & Hoknuostel, Architects. 
Supplied by 
The Rookwood Pottery Co. 
CINCINNATI 
1 Madison Ave., New York 
In writing to advertisers please mention House and Garden. 
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