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of walnut 
ET@*Sll chrome finish will give you 
a conce p t *°n of die disting- 
uished character of Hath¬ 
away Furniture. In our collection you will 
find a profusion of odd pieces for the Living 
Room luxurious sofas for the fire-place, 
tables, easy chairs and other exceptional up¬ 
holstered furniture designed for comfort 
and unusual decorative effect. 
And when you call in person, you will be 
gratified by the quiet, tasteful atmosphere 
and by the wealth of interesting suggestions 
about you. Each Dining and Bed Room 
suite occupies its separate room where you 
can make your selections without hurry or 
confusion. On all of our floors you will feel 
our invitation to look about you at your 
leisure. 
Whether you are most interested in 
single pieces or in a suite, you will be con¬ 
scious of the superior style typical of Hath¬ 
away productions and you will observe that 
each piece is priced exactly in accordance 
with its intrinsic worth. 
H-HSMER 
W.A. Math awau Compavv 
62 West Street,NeierT[brk 
You can soak in medieval atmosphere with your morning plunge if your 
bathroom walls bear a frieze of solid Norman castles 
Tiles of Old and Their Place To-Day 
(Continued from page 78) 
A large French ceramic panel shows 
a hunting-scene, magnificent in de¬ 
sign and coloring. 6' by 8' 6" 
tory, very ancient, and was perfected 
at an early date in Egypt, Babylonia, 
Assyria and Greece. Because of their 
durability, tiles, like their first cousin 
pottery, bring across the centuries au¬ 
thentic records of the arts and tastes 
of ancient peoples. They bring rec¬ 
ords of history as well, and by this 
“key to all historic record,” as Pro¬ 
fessor Petrie calls pottery, we have 
learned much that could not have been 
discovered in any other way. 
For an intelligent understanding 
and appreciation of modern tiling, 
some knowledge of the wonderful old 
tiles is almost essential. The realiza¬ 
tion of their excellence has been a 
spur to the manufacture of modern 
ceramics, and has combined with the 
The brilliant crudities of Moorish colorings form 
a striking contrast to the white of terrace, pillars 
and parapet 
Or graceful iris such as these may 
spring from the bright tiles of your 
bathroom floor 
encouragement offered by the archi¬ 
tectural demand to stimulate the pro¬ 
duction of tiles of merit. 
The tiles of today represent many 
of the ancient types of tiling. We 
have actual reproductions of beauti¬ 
ful ancient and medieval tiles, made 
here in America. From the famous 
French Government porcelain manu¬ 
factory at Sevres have appeared col¬ 
ored tiles in brick, 
after the manner of 
those made in Baby¬ 
lon. Other tiles range 
all the way from the 
simple geometrical 
patterns to designs of 
beauty and pictorial 
interest. 
Tiles were com¬ 
monly used architec¬ 
turally in Egypt, bear¬ 
ing g u i 11 o c h e and 
chain ornaments, or 
bands pf fleurettes or 
palmettoes. They show 
a fine freedomof treat¬ 
ment, and appear in a 
variety of colors, in¬ 
cluding several shades 
of green, dull dark 
blue, blue-gray, or 
red-brown—all being 
colors associated with 
Egyptian art of what¬ 
ever kind. In Baby¬ 
lonia and Assyria tiles 
were set in sun-dried 
bricks and represent¬ 
ed majestic gods and 
heroes and symbolic 
figures. It is said 
that Nebuchadnezzar 
adorned the city gate 
with bricks (tiles) 
upon w h i c h im- 
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