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ter-pieces of this period in spe¬ 
cial rooms. It must be remem¬ 
bered that the Spaniard of 
wealth today lives wdth furni¬ 
ture of a later period, decidedly 
French in character, and that 
only within the last decade 
has he learned to appreciate 
the unique quality of his own 
native art of the Golden Cen¬ 
tury. 
As we are in the beginning of 
a decided Spanish vogue in this 
country, those who would in¬ 
dulge in it should avoid the de¬ 
based Spanish work which be¬ 
gan to appear in the 17th Cen¬ 
tury and known as Baroque, 
and continued through the 
18th, in a rather sorry inter¬ 
pretation of contemporary 
French and English work. 
It should also be borne in 
mind that an array of priests’ 
robes, carved figures of saints 
and other impedimenta of the 
Spanish church will not make a 
domestic interior, and that ef- 
A large Spanish tabic, an 
antique example of the char¬ 
acteristic type, with typical 
wrought iron under-bracing 
and turned, canted legs 
forts in this direction only de¬ 
tract from the stately poise 
and simplicity of a Spanish 
home. 
On the Island of Majorca, 
remote from the mainland of 
Spain, may be seen homes with 
the undisturbed furnishings of 
Renaissance days and still oc¬ 
cupied by direct descendants of 
the original owners. Although 
sometimes sumptuous, the 
calm and simplicity of these 
interiors is astonishing and is 
in great measure due to the im¬ 
portant part played by the 
furniture without the confusing 
array of useless things with 
which we Americans seem to 
litter our rooms. 
A volume would be required 
to set forth all the different 
pieces of characteristic Span¬ 
ish furniture to say nothing of 
the many other features that 
make a room look Spanish. 
The following is but an outline 
{Continued on page 136 ) 
Chairs, chests and a wall 
table, in a gallery of antique 
Spanishfurniture. The illus¬ 
trations on this page are by 
courtesy of William Helburn 
