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Gate Leg Table. Diameter of top 42 inches. Solid 
Mahogany throughout. Price, $30.00. 
•Size 26 in. x 34 in.$15.00 
Size 36 in. in diameter. 27.50 
Size 34 in. x 42 in. 22.00 
Size 34 in. x 48 in. 32.00 
A tea wagon with drop leaves forming a table 28 
in. x 36 in. when raised—removable glass tray 
19 in. x 28. Mahogany. Price, $25.00. 
F OR the few people whose remem¬ 
brances are to be more lasting and 
worthwhile than the rest, Hath¬ 
away Furniture is the most gratifying of 
gifts. These three pieces are merely 
typical of the great profusion of ideas that 
we have ready—each one appropriately 
designed for some friend or member of 
your family, and each one appropriately 
priced for you. 
Luxurious Arm Chair. Reversible cushion filled 
with down. Very comfortable. Price, $39.50. 
W.A. Hathaway Company 
62 West 45? Street,NeuTtork 
H o use & Garden 
How to Buy Wall Papers 
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among the big scenic decorations, are 
printed from the old, original hand- 
blocks that have been preserved through 
several generations. 
Beautiful, large chintz patterns, ex¬ 
quisite toile de Jouy designs and hang¬ 
ings that show bird and flower motifs 
rendered in the manner characteristic of 
the old hand-painted decorations that 
were imported from China centuries ago 
are among the favored types. Many 
other historic sources have supplied in¬ 
spiration for present-day wall paper de¬ 
signs, including old damasks and velvets, 
the gesso relief work of the Adam period, 
the old Spanish tooled and illuminated 
leathers, and Chinese lacquers. 
Some of the most effective and inter¬ 
esting wall papers are of the modern 
school. All phases of this style are rep¬ 
resented. There are bird and flower 
patterns that show the influence of 
Slavonic peasant art, designs charged 
with the barbaric Orientalism that was 
revealed in the costumes Leon Bakst 
created for the Ballet Russe and, new¬ 
est of all, the Parisian drawings in the 
Japanese manner. 
Cut-out Borders and Panel Decorations 
Cut-out borders and narrow panel- 
borders used with comparatively simple 
sidewall papers have found favor because 
they meet many present-day require¬ 
ments. In a room that needs a quiet 
wall without decided pattern this type 
of decoration solves the problem, for the 
cut-out border or panel-border relieves 
the wall of any sense of barrenness or 
lack of interest while the major portion 
of the wall surface is kept simple. The 
adaptability of these decorations to the 
conditions found in different rooms, 
making each room treatment individual, 
is a strong point in their favor. Cre¬ 
tonnes and printed linens can be had 
to match the wall paper borders in many 
instances, making it possible to harmo¬ 
nize the wall decorations, draperies and 
chair coverings by means of the same 
pattern and coloring. 
The sidewall paper acts as a foil to 
enhance the effectiveness of the border. 
A few years ago this function of the 
sidewall was given undue importance 
and the sidewalls showed a poverty of 
design. This has been corrected and the 
sidewalls for use with these borders now 
have sufficient character though they do 
not compete for attention with the 
border. 
The designs in border and panel deco¬ 
rations show the same style tendencies 
as the patterned papers that are intended 
for use without borders—-the same his¬ 
toric and modern types of design. 
In this general class are the elaborate 
panel treatments that comprise panel¬ 
filling, panel-border and stiling, the lat¬ 
ter for use between, above and below the 
panels. Some panel treatments include 
pilasters and other decorative features. 
Subdued Patterns 
Wall papers that show patterns print¬ 
ed in quiet tones have been growing in 
favor very rapidly of late. The designs 
have sufficient character to enrich the 
wall without the help of a border and 
are so subdued that they make a quiet 
wall, do not reduce the apparent size 
of the room and are not assertive even 
when large in scale. They are often 
toned down with an over-print repre¬ 
senting the weave of a fabric and with 
embossing in weave effect. Verdure pat¬ 
terns, chintz, tapestry and other textile 
designs are usually employed. A large 
percentage of these papers are thirty 
inches wide, a width that is being used 
more and more each season. 
Specialized Papers 
Where a plain or practically plain 
wall is desired one may choose from a 
great variety of wall papers in stipple 
effects, in blended tones, and in fabric 
weave effects. For use with these papers 
borders and panel-borders of excellent 
design may be had. 
In addition to the fine scenic decora¬ 
tions that cover the entire wall and come 
in sets comprising many strips there are , 
pictorial frieze decorations. The pres¬ 
ent-day pictorial frieze of the best kind 
is very different from its crude proto¬ 
type of a few years ago. These friezes 
are well drawn and are made in sub¬ 
dued tones. 
Japanese grass cloth has an interest¬ 
ing texture and forms an admirable 
background for furniture and pictures. 
It consists of a cloth woven from a 
vegetable fiber and mounted on a back¬ 
ing of paper. Grass cloth may be had 
either plain or printed in effective Jap¬ 
anese designs. The Japanese “leathers" 
are heavy papers with a pressed pattern 
or texture. Metal is combined with the 
coloring, producing many rich effects. 
Flock papers are produced by print¬ 
ing in a size to which powdered wool or 
powdered silk floss is caused to adhere 
before the size dries. They have the 
appearance of velvet. Flock papers were 
among the earliest wall papers made in 
Europe. Some remarkably fine flock 
papers are made in this country. 
Pressed papers having a pattern in 
relief and stamped gold papers made by 
the old process are among the less com¬ 
mon types of fine wall paper. 
Modern Processes 
The manufacture of wall paper by 
machine printing has been greatly im¬ 
proved, particularly during the past few 
years owing to the development of the 
processes of overprinting and embossing 
which tone down the colorings and de- ■ 
signs and give a sense of texture and 
body to the papers. Printing from en¬ 
graved cylinders has also been developed 
and engraved papers are among the most 
^leasing because of their softness of tone. 
The making of wall papers thirty inches 
wide is a recent innovation which has 
met with approval. These wide papers 
have been growing in numbers and in 
favor from season to season. 
The Hand-Block Process 
Some of the finest wall papers are 
made today by the old hand-block 
process that has not changed in over a 
century and a half. An American firm 
recently produced a hand-printed wall 
paper containing one hundred and twenty 
colors, a notable achievement from an 
artistic standpoint as well as from that 
of craftsmanship. Reproductions of old 
Colonial wall papers have lately been 
made with such fidelity that the repro¬ 
ductions have been used in restoring the 
rooms in which the originals were found. 
One of these reproductions has been 
deemed worthy of a place in the perma¬ 
nent collection of the Metropolitan Mu¬ 
seum of Art. Hand printing is not 
confined to the elaborate designs and 
colorings, however, for many beautiful 
papers are made by simple printings. 
