HOUSE AND GARDEN 
September, 
1914 
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On the left is a Jacobean lounging chair, with an adjustable back and bright cretonne upholstery. The Adams 
chair has a carved rosette set into the caned back 
for the corning winter shows that black 
and white silk will be used extensively, 
with pleats, ruching and fringe to make 
them look more than ever like feminine 
headgear. A very practical porcelain lamp, 
about fifteen inches tall, with adjustable 
shade, is made for bedside reading; the 
black and white silk shade, shirred to a 
neat finish at the edge, is capable of the 
same jaunty tipping — to direct the light 
where needeed — that characterizes the hats 
of to-day. Black cretonne shades, enliv¬ 
ened by Japanese scenes in color, are to be 
used again this fall, and while the light is 
much subdued by the black, the colored 
scenes standing out in bold relief make 
charming little pictures of light. 
Despite innovations, some forms of the 
Japanese lamp and lamp-shade retain their 
popularity with the housewife. The 
crackleware vase fitted with font is per¬ 
haps the least expensive, giving for the 
minimum of cost and trouble a maximum 
of service and pleasure. Vases can be pur¬ 
chased at any of the department stores and 
Japanese shops that carry extensive lines 
of Far East goods. The price of the font 
depends on the size of the vase, but should 
never exceed a couple of dollars. The 
shade of twisted split bamboo shown in 
illustration is covered with a figured silk 
and lined with a silk toned to subdue the 
light and yet throw the figures into relief. 
It is often desirable, in making these 
shades, to set between the cover and the 
lining a piece of tinted silk that will give 
the light a warmer tone. Gold, which is the 
popular color for the cover of the mod¬ 
erate-priced lamp, will be greatly enhanced 
by an inset of pink. The newer bizarre 
effects of black and white stripe, being 
plaited, need no such inlay. 
A device that decorators are using, and 
that the housewife might avail herself of, 
is the combined hanging basket and electric 
lamp. This is especially fitting for the con¬ 
servatory or for that corner of the room 
devoted to plants in winter. The ordinary 
hanging basket, which is two parts, the 
inner, tin or zinc lined, allows a narrow 
space between the outer and inner parts. 
Through this can be run the wire and the 
lights arranged in the bottom. If the plant 
happens to be a kind whose foliage droops 
over the sides, the bulbs need but little cov¬ 
ering. The ingenuity of the housewife can 
always arrange to cover the lights so that 
in day the bulbs are hid from view and at 
night give out a subdued glow. 
The Return of the Jacobean 
It is futile to expect that the passion for 
peasant-painted furniture should ever pass 
beyond the time limits of a fad. Alreadv 
its ephemerality is only too well indicated 
by the manner in which Jacobean and 
Adams furniture is being pooularized by 
its adoption in homes of good taste. For 
its rise is the direct result of the increased 
gaudiness of cretonnes and hangings in 
general during the past few years. Being 
sober in tone and ornate of line, it is a 
relieving contrast to present-day hangings, 
and often enough, especially in the instance 
of chairs, a touch of upholstery done in 
the modern stuffs lend sufficient eclat to 
the corner of a room. 
There is being shown a Jacobean loung¬ 
ing chair of proportions exactly fitting the 
period. The back can be adjusted at va¬ 
rious angles by the notched bars of the 
arms. Pads for the seat and back are cov¬ 
ered with vari-colored cretonnes heavily 
figured. For the living room comes also a 
desk, whose lines, while heavy, as the 
period demands, provide modern conveni¬ 
ences. There are two drawers, a wide 
writing shelf that folds down, and an 
abundance of pigeon holes. The hardware, 
of dull brass, and the simple carvings are 
in excellent taste. This desk might also be 
used in the mistress’ boudoir. The buffet 
shown in illustration would prove a con¬ 
venient adjunct to the dining-room of small 
proportions. It is conveniently low and 
with excellent lines. Spindle legs and 
carving, together with ornate hardware, 
make the front attractive. Four drawers, 
arranged for linen and silver, are some of 
its practical qualifications. 
An Adams chair of seemly lines is also 
being shown. The sides and back are cane, 
and in the middle of the former is inserted 
a rosette of choice carving. To complete 
the set come a settee and two chairs, up¬ 
holstered in the same fashion with dull red 
velvet pads and caned backs. While the 
carvings on this set made the cost exceed 
the moderate, the expenditure is a minor 
matter in proportion to the tone such a set 
gives a room, and fastidious furnishers 
would scarcely stop to consider it. 
The Jacobean buffet is conveniently low and has splendid lines. The details and carving are in excellent taste 
