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House Garden 
Hepplewhite’s design for a tea tray 
called for decorative inlay of several 
kinds of woods 
HEPPLEWHITE EURNITURE 
{Coniiniied from page 86) 
Curved or serpentine fronts. Stretchers—■ 
underbracing—sometimes used, front one 
recessed. Woods, chiefly mahogany and 
satinwood; other woods for inlaying and 
veneering or for painting and gilding; 
light colored woods beautifully combined. 
Ornament: Louis i6th and classical 
influences. Inlay and marquetry with 
delicate carving in low relief are charac¬ 
teristic. Fluting and carved turning. 
Painting and lacquer; painted panels 
inset. Architectural and classical motifs: 
urn, lyre, mask, husk or bellflower, ribbon, 
ear of wheat; Prince of Wales feathers. 
Upholstery: silk satin and horsehair; 
brass nail heads. Mounts of brass simply 
designed; round, oval and octagonal 
back-plates to handles; knobs chased or 
engraved 
Top: Bowed, especially characteristic; 
curved, serpentine, crested; chests of 
drawers, etc., straight. 
Back: Straight, slightly raked—sloped 
backward; lower cross-rail above seat; 
upright splat seldom reaches seat; 
shaped in sheild, heart, oval, round, wheel, 
hoop, barred and honeysuckle—anthe- 
mion; settees with several continuous 
chair-backs. Upholstered. 
Seat: Square, narrowing slightly toward : 
back; flat, occasionally dropped; slightly 
curved front. Upholstered. 
Leg: Straight, square tapered leg char¬ 
acteristic; round and fluted. 
Foot: Tapered spade—term foot, char¬ 
acteristic; plain, snake. 
A Hepplewhite reception room or 
boudoir is irreproachable. It has lightness 
with dignity and no frivol about it. A 
Hepplewhite chair, cabinet or table 
usually looks at home among straight¬ 
legged furniture everywhere, but must be 
thoughtfully placed among curved cab- 1 
riole supports. Alixed periods in a room ■■ 
are sometimes as bewildering as mixed j 
metaphors in print, but much less i 
difficult to escape. ' 
It is purely a matter of sentiment but ! 
there seems always a necessity for com-, 
pleting a Hepplewhite table with a 
porcelain vase of old-fashioned garden I 
flowers. Wall flowers set off satinwood 
astonishingly. 
]\Ie. and Mrs. G. Glen Gould 
The world's one word for a cord 
//r^^isSILVERTOWN. It is sig^ 
nificant that it also means “highest 
quality." Made in the best quality 
when it was the only cord, it is 
made in the best quality today 
when there are many. 
THE B. F. GOODRICH RUBBER COMPANY 
ESTABLISHED 1870 
In Canada: The B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company 
Limited 
Toronto »■ Montreal Winnipeg 
Leg of a typical 
pier table 
Amo?tg Hep plewhite’s desigtis—many 
are found in his hook—is this example 
for a pier glass 
A bed pillar 
with water leaf 
design 
