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House & Garden 
Picture this snow-swept scene over the living-room fireplace. It is a beauti¬ 
fully colored faience, made of four tiles, each a foot square 
Marble Mantels 
Fountains, Benches 
Sun Dial Pedestals 
Bird Baths 
S. KLABER & CO. 
ESTABLISHED 1849 
21 WEST 39th ST., N. Y. 
L 
“LIGHTING 
FIXTURES 
of MERIT” 
Manufactured by 
The R. C. HEATHER CO. 
An inexpen¬ 
sive fixture 
may besowell 
designed that 
it excels a far 
more costly 
one. 
Lighting Fixtures are seventy- 
five percent of the decoration 
Visit Our Showrooms 
Convenient Location Hundreds of Samples 
Write for Booklet “A” 
The R. C. HEATHER CO. 
19 West 36lh Street Near Fifth Avenue 
New York City 
Telephone: Greeley 2760-2761. 
DO YOU OWN A REAL PAINTING 
of your residence, homestead or birthplace? 
You want inspiration in your office, dormitory 
or study—and your children an heirloom! 
Also a sunny water-color sketch of that Hunt¬ 
ing-Lodge or summer home,—how you’ll 
love it in the cold of winter—besides what a 
Unique Christmas Gift it will be! 
Corresponding for details I save you money. 
Please enclose photo of building with inquiry. 
(Photo returned promptly.) 
OAK GROVE STUDIO, Brattleboro, Vt. 
ART SALON UNIVERSAL 
Portraits 
Early American 
English French 
Flemish Spanish 
Dutch Italian 
416 Madison Avenue 
Telephone: Murray Hill 1480 
Use Chest FREE 
FREE 
Chest. Your 
Direct from 
Sent 
Famous Piedmont Red Cedai 
choice of 90 styles and designs, 
factory to home on 15 days' __ 
free trial. We pay the 
freight. A Piedmont pro¬ 
tects furs, woolens and 
plumes from moths, mice, 
dust and damp. Distinctly beautiful. Needed 
in every home. Lasts for generations. Finest 
Christmas, wedding or birthday gift at great 
saving. Write today for our great new catalog 
and reduced—all prepaid free to you. 
Reduced Factory 
Prices 
Freight Prepaid 
Piedmont Red Cedar Chest Co., Dept. 17, Statesville, N.C. 
Tiles of Old and Their Place To-day 
MIRA BURR EDSON 
_ The House & Garden Information Service. 19 West 44th Street, New 
York, will be glad to put you in touch with the firms manufacturing tiles. 
Photographs by courtesy of Grueby Faience & Tile Co., J. B. Owens Co., 
Delft Tectile & Importing Co., African Ceramic & Tile Co., and Mosaic 
Tile Co. 
Some idea of the decorative value of 
this faience panel may be gained 
from its measurements, 12'' by 18" 
Of similar size and material, this 
Mother Goose panel is one of a 
series of designs for a nursery 
T HE subject of tiles 
lias been of especial 
interest of late, 
largely because the new 
methods of building al¬ 
low for greater and more 
conspicuous use of tiles 
for architectural pur¬ 
poses. The modern em¬ 
ployment of cement 
makes ornamental tiling 
almost a necessity ; it be¬ 
comes, indeed, an esthetic 
requirement, relieving 
the broad, plain surfaces 
of this type of building. 
The opportunities of¬ 
fered by these surfaces 
and the re¬ 
newed interest 
in art of practi¬ 
cal utility have 
combined to 
bring tiles and 
tile-making into 
prominence, and 
as a c o n s e - 
quence there 
has been a large 
a n d attractive 
output. Tiles 
are made for a 
This formal panel can 
be repeated indefi¬ 
nitely without fatigue 
great variety of uses; 
for roofing, for the ex¬ 
teriors of buildings, for 
the floors of halls and 
porches, the walls of 
kitchens, pantries and 
bathrooms, for friezes, 
mantel-facings and for 
purely decorative pur¬ 
poses. These uses, in 
turn, affect both the kind 
of tiles produced and the 
designs employed in dec¬ 
orating them, so that we 
have every sort from the 
terra cotta and hard- 
glaze tiles, made to resist 
the weather, to those 
suited in mate¬ 
rial and design 
to indoor uses 
—the art cera- 
mics, the fa¬ 
iences and the 
mosaics. 
The origin of 
the art of tile¬ 
making is, as a 
matter of his- 
Of interest is the irregularity of the bits 
of tile, fitted together after the manner of (Continued on 
stained glass page 80) 
In this sun-room, tile has been used for both floor and walls with excellent 
effect. Note the distinction of the formal patterned border 
Your Walls Can Be 
Made as Attractive 
and Home-Like as 
Your Furnishings 
Now is the time to give forethought 
to the problem of re-covering your 
walls. If you will send for samples of 
FAB-RIK-O-NA 
j 
Interwovens 
and then confer with your paper 
hanger or decorator, you will be able 
to choose a covering that will com- I 
bine beauty with durability. 
Fab-Rik-O-Na Interwovens are 
woven cloth especially prepared for 
hanging on walls. Color and pattern 
combinations permit of a wide range 
of choice. 
Write for the samples today 
H. B. WIGGIN’S SONS CO. 
497 Arch St., Bloomfield, N. J. 
HEALTH 
COMFORT 
ECONOMY 
HUMIRAD —Air Moistener 
Do you know, that a great deal more coal 
is consumed in heating a dry indoor atmos¬ 
phere than is required in a liumid atmos¬ 
phere? 
Do you know, that dust, laden with in¬ 
jurious bacteria, will float in a dry atmos¬ 
phere that will he subdued in a humidified 
atmosphere ? 
Do you know, that a dry heated indoor 
atmosphere promotes tuberculosis, pneu¬ 
monia, bronchitis, catarrh, sore throat, and 
a dry, parched skin? 
Do you know, that the laws of many of 
the states require moisture to be added to 
the atmosphere of school rooms to provide 
normal humidity? 
Do you know, that a Humirad, by provid¬ 
ing a proper amount of moisture to indoor, 
atmospheres, saves a large percentage of 
coal, protects the health, the furniture, and 
trim of a house, and insures absolute com¬ 
fort, when used with either a steam, vapor, 
or hot water heating system? 
Send for circulars. 
HUMIRAD COMPANY, INC. 
15 E. 40th St., New York City, N. Y. 
A Flower Pot 
Wherever You 
Can Drive a Nail 
The Universal 
Portable S h e 1 f is 
made of steel and 
beautifully en¬ 
ameled. Weighs only 
8 ounces and sup- 
ports 20 pounds. 
Hangs on a single 
nail. Equally use¬ 
ful for electric 
fans, lamps, vases, 
clocks, books, 
and 1000 other 
things, 
both in 
the home, 
garde n, 
garage, greenhouse, office, store, etc. 
Finished light, medium and dark green, white, 
mahogany, light pink, light blue, tan. French 
gray, gilt, aluminum and green-bronze. 
Price. 50c each; $5.00 a dozen. 
AGENTS WANTED. Send for booklet. 
THE GEO. W. CLARK CO. 
259-C FIFTH AVE. NEW YORK 
rURNISHINV& DECORATING 
CONVENTIONAL or ORIGINAL STYLE 
Write , Call or Telephone 
BOWDOIN & MANLEY 
18 WEST 45th ST., NEW YORK CITY 
