March, 1914 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
199 
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M ARIE ANTOINETTE perhaps should be given the credit for what we 
know as the Louis XVI school of furniture design. It was her influ¬ 
ence that broke the vogue for the frivolous and excessively ornamental. 
And the classic ideals of ancient Greece 
were then invoked. A true gracefulness, 
rather than a rococo treatment, became 
necessary. It was the gracefulness of sim¬ 
plicity — the charm of refinement. 
We should not think of period studies as 
something too remote for modern use and 
usefulness. Our Louis XVI studies lend dis¬ 
tinction even to the simplest room. Our' ‘Trav- 
elogue” on the Louis XVI period will be sent 
you free on request, and our complete set of 
period “Travelogues” for five two-cent stamps. 
Berkey &■ Gay furniture is sold in the 
better furniture stores throughout the 
United States. Our dealers, with the dis¬ 
plays on their floors, and our complete 
portfolio of direct photogravures, enable 
you to choose understandingly from our 
entire line of upwards of five thousand 
pieces of high grade 
furniture for the library, » 
living room, hall, bed L ' — ' 
room, and dining room. 
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The reproductions of furniture 
shown here are from actual 
Berkey dr Gay pieces 
(][ As an historical handbook of period styles, our de luxe book, 
"Character in Furniture,” will more than interest you. We 
mail it on receipt of fifteen two-cent stamps, 
Berkey £r Gay Furniture Co. 
184 Monroe Avenue, Grand Rapids, Michigan 
This inlaid mark of 
honor identifes to you 
each Berkey €r Gay 
piece 
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