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House 6 ° Garden 
Edwin A. Jackson & Bro., Inc, 
49 E. Beekman. St., New York, N. Y, 
STUDY 
INTERIOR 
DECORATION 
AT HOME 
Complete instruction by corre¬ 
spondence in the use of period 
styles, color harmony, composi¬ 
tion, textiles, curtains, wall 
treatments, furniture arrange¬ 
ment, etc. 
Start at once. Send for Catalog H-7 
Zke NEW YORK SCHOOL of 
INTERIOR DECORATION'^ 
lOI PARK AVE - NEW YORK. CITY 
Established 1916 
Open Fire 
Without Fireplace 
The Jaxon Franklin stove can be piped 
to an ordinary chimney or used in a 
regular open fireplace. Beautiful copies 
of Colonial patterns with grates or and¬ 
irons as preferred. Give more heat and 
less smoke than usual fireplace. 
SendJor descriptive Jolder, Also catalog 
oj wood mantels, of andirons and other 
fireplace Jurnishings^ 
pi RECTORYo/DECORATION & FINE ARTS 
The Spirit of the Hearth and hospitality is 
in this quaint, artistic, useful basket. 
Made entirely by hand, of selected willows, 
it is a perfect specimen of our famous 
craftsmanship. Graceful, strong—it lends 
itself to use for autumn leaves, berries, etc. 
as well as firewood—adding a touch of 
distinction to your home. 
Our line, in wide variety, described in il¬ 
lustrated catalog. Write for it. 
Price, postpaid, size 24 inches in standard 
colors, woodsy brown, meadow green, drift¬ 
wood grey or holly red. $7.00. 
MADISON BASICETCRAFT CO. 
404-N. Third St., Burlington, la. 
FAIENCE TILES in colors and tints 
for Breakfast Rooms, Sun Parlors 
and Porches. 
WHITE GLAZED TILES for Bath 
Rooms and Kitchen Walls. 
VITRIFIED TILES for floors. White 
background. 
QUARRY TILES in colors for porches 
and walks. 
DECORATED TILE INSERTS for 
Exterior and Interior Decorations. 
Seyid for Catalogue 
Brown Tile Distributing Co. 
7 East 42nd St, 
lllllll 
New York City = 
FOUNTAINS 
bird-baths, sundials, bonches, vases, flower- 
boxes and other interesting garden orna¬ 
ments (many also suitable for interior use) 
will be found on exhibition in our studios. 
Illustrated Catalogue Sent on Request 
The Erkins Studios 
Established ipoo 
240 Lexington Avenue at 34th Street 
New York City 
SERVICE TABLE WAGON 
Saves Thousands of Steps 
(1) Has large broad Table Top (20x50 in.) 
(2) TWO Undershclves (to transport 
ALL the table dishes in ONE TRIP.) 
(5) Large center pull-oUt Drawer. 
(4) Double End Guiding Handles. 
(5) Equipped with four (4) Rubber Tired 
1 '"Scientifically Silent" Swivel Wheels. 
(6) A beautiful extra glass Serving Tray. 
Write for descriptive pamphlet 
and dealer’s name. 
THE COMBINATION STUDIOS 
504-G Cunard Bldg., Chicago, 111. 
Whether large or small, the distinguishing feature of the 
Spanish table, seen here in a modern reproduction, is the 
turned leg, which was usually canted 
The TRUE FURNITURE of OLD SPAIN 
{Continued from page 69) 
and is aided somewhat by the accompany¬ 
ing illustrations, some of which are of 
pieces being cleverly executed today in 
New York. 
Chairs are of two types, the simple 
open frames with leather seats and backs, 
studded with nails, not upholstered but 
ready to receive a velvet cushion for com¬ 
fort; and the smaller chairs entirely of 
wood with ornamental backs, sometimes 
with twisted rope seats. 
The long bench so frequently seen in 
Spain fs at its best with velvet seat and 
velvet folding back, with legs of the same 
tj’pes of construction as the tables. 
Tables have tops unmolded, the legs 
frequently canted and almost always sup¬ 
ported with the curved iron braces. There 
is the little table for general use, some¬ 
times to support the Spanish cabinet 
called a Vargueno. The larger table for 
the center of the room had legs of turn¬ 
ings, or playful, sawed out, lyre-like 
forms. There is the heavy tj^je of table 
with upright legs and sturdy supporting 
brackets for the carved drawers and 
apron. 
The Vargueno or cabinet of such gen¬ 
eral use is an upright box, the front hinged 
along the bottom, treated on the outside 
with ornamental iron or carved, and 
equipped inside with a useful system of 
small drawers and doors most elaborate 
in detail, frequently gilded and colored; 
the whole making perhaps the most char¬ 
acteristic piece of Spanish furniture. It 
was often used as a desk, the writing 
surface being formed by the lowered lid 
and while usually mounted on a stand, 
there are many examples in which it is 
mounted on a chest of drawers. 
There are also the chests for which we 
do not find so much use, but which tfie 
Spaniard seemed to place everywhere and 
use in all sizes from the small box for 
jewels to the great piece 6 ' or 7 ' in length, 
and as high as, and at times with drawers 
like, a bureau. 
The tall cabinet sometimes seen was 
seldom made for domestic use, but found 
its way into homes from the sacristies of 
churches. 
This seems a small list of furniture, but 
it must be remembered that the Spaniard 
did not clutter his house with many 
things; he depended upon a simple ar¬ 
rangement of interesting pieces, and got 
much of his decorative result from the use 
of tapestries, walls or panels of damask, 
w'ainscots and floors of polychrome tiles, 
pieces of pottery, brass lamps, pictures 
with black and gilded frames, and the 
generous use of galloons, fringes and 
tassels on furniture and hangings. 
By emulating simplicity of his furnish¬ 
ings we can create rooms with the authen¬ 
tic Spanish atmosphere, once we decide to 
select furniture of the Mudejar t 3 'pe. 
A Spanish table in modern reproduction which shows the 
type of carving characteristic of old Spanish furniture. 
The crudeness of the carving is interesting, and full of vigor 
