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House & Garden 
Summer-Home Furnishings 
T o facilitate ordering by mail, direct from this advertisement, we 
illustrate above a limited selection of distinctive and unique Oriental 
objects of utility, that will lend a touch of quaintness to any room of 
your Summer home, to the verandah, and to the lawn. 
No. 19N—Chinese Rattan Chair; price...$8.50 
No. 7N—Chinese Rattan Tabie; price_6.75 
No. 9213N—“Ninsie” Tea Set, 15 pieces: 
price . 3.50 
No. 1315N—Bamboo Circular Tray, hold¬ 
ing tea set; price. 1.00 
No. 361N—Circular Porch Mats, 14" in 
diameter; price, per dozen. 1,20 
Kee Chong Grass Rugs, size 6 x 9. 7.00 
Kee Chong Grass Rugs, size 8 x 10.10.50 
Kee Chong Grass Rugs, size 9 x 12.$i5.00 
No. 1112N—Chaise Lounge, Chinese Rat¬ 
tan; price .i6.50 
No. 6420N—Brilliant colored striped grass 
Madagascar Cushions; price. 1.50 
No. 10956N—Japanese Reed Screen ; 
price . 9.75 
No. 9650N—Bamboo Hanging Lantern; 
price . 3.50 
fr»r Cahtirta Mailed postpaid on request Contains numerous suggestions 
TT 11 I.C; artistic decoration of Summer homes. Illustrates and 
describes all the new Tantine importations, including Oriental articles of art and utility for 
presentation purposes or personal use. Address Dept 41. 
-A • A VA M Tl M E,'O ■ CO ' Inc Fifth Ave. and 39th St., New York 
ROOKWOOD FAIENCE 
EOUNTAIN EIGURE /or 
SUNROOM or GARDEN 
Pillows covered with pieces of hand-woven 
coverlets are harmoniously decorative on a 
Colonial or Empire sofa 
Using Hand-Woven Coverlets 
MABEL F. BAINBRIDGE 
T he first use for hand-woven 
coverlets is the logical use for 
which they were so patiently made: 
covers for beds. Although many 
modern housewives find them scarce¬ 
ly dainty enough for their own beds, 
they are especially adapted to boys’ 
rooms, since they prove strong, do 
not muss or crush, and wash per¬ 
fectly. For summer houses, where 
the aim is to get away from the fuss 
and furbelows of winter furnishings, 
such a coverlet looks well, and can 
be used as an extra covering on a 
cool night, there¬ 
by taking the place 
of both blanket 
and spread. 
Most of the 
coverlets that we 
find in New York 
are dark blue and 
white, although 1 
have seen very at¬ 
tractive ones of 
red, brown, tan, 
yellow and green. 
The designs are 
varied and beauti¬ 
ful, and are known 
by such names as 
“Rose in the Wil¬ 
derness,” ‘‘Pine 
Top,” “Windows 
and Doors,” “Log 
Cabin,” “Maiden’s 
Fancy,” “Lover’s 
Knoll,” “Lee’s Surrender,” and a hun¬ 
dred or two more. 
The sheep were raised; wool spun 
into yarn and dyed; the flax or cot¬ 
ton grown and spun generally by the 
same person or at least family who 
wove the coyerlet. Weaving on 
primitive old looms was both intri¬ 
cate and laborious, but the worker 
felt amply repaid for her patience. 
After their use for coverings for 
beds comes their value as portieres. 
The spread was always woven in two 
breadths, sewed together in the cen¬ 
ter, so that it could 
be divided without 
injury. Half a 
coverlet makes a 
perfect width for 
an ordinary single 
door. They hang 
especially well, 
are heavy enough 
to keep out 
draughts, and 
can be taken down 
and washed, 
which is a valu¬ 
able asset. If 
housekeepers 
could see the dirt 
which comes out 
of mine at their 
annual tubbing, 
the seldom 
cleaned velours 
would be discard- 
One of the finest ex¬ 
amples of coverlets was 
in blue and white. 1860 
THE 
ROOKWOOD 
POTTERY CO. 
CINCINNATI 
In this corner of a dining-room coverlets are put to two uses: half 
a strip has been hung as a portiere, and a smaller piece mounted on 
crash for a valance 
