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House 0° Garden 
THE ROPER OVEN CONTROL WILL HAVE DINNER READY ON HER RETURN 
CSIFoT Two GcnBTCltioHS Roper Gas Ranges have 
been lightening the tasks of 
housewives. Their remarkable 
conveniences and distinctive 
beauty have done much to 
simplify the servant problem. 
Roper quickly attained and 
then always maintained leader¬ 
ship. 
Today the Roper Gas Range 
stands as the greatest of all 
contributions to the fine art of 
cooking. Roper Gas Ranges 
may be obtained where the 
best household appliances are 
sold. The prices range from 
$35 to $300. The Roper Reci- 
file of indexed recipes and also 
a chart on scientific, time and 
temperature cooking, will be 
sent on receipt of 35 cents. 
GEO. D ROPER CORPORATION. Rockford, Illinois 
ALSO MAKERS OF THE ROPER ELECTRIC RANGE 
Pacific Coast Branch: 768 Mission Street, San Francisco, Cal. 
ROPER 
GAS WangE s 
{formerly ECLIPSE) 
BE StTRE THE ROPER PURHI.K ' AND THE ROPER OVEN CONTROL ARE ON THE GAS RANGE YOU BUY 
Conyrufhtf 1923, by Geo, D, Roper Corporation 
The Roper Ventilated Oven 
in ccwmection with the Roper Oven 
Control insures the perfection of 
care-free cooking. 
An example of the 
earliest pioneer furni¬ 
ture. A corner stool of 
American ash, with 
rush seat, dating from 
i6oo to i6po 
FURNITURE for CORNERS 
{Continued from page 142) 
thought of shaping the piece to its position. 
Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, mediaeval 
Europeans, and dwellers in the Renais¬ 
sance regarded interior corners without 
displeasure. Not so with the esthetes of 
the Louis XV period. Erench architects 
and decorators then set about to abolish 
the sharp right angle of the corner as thej- 
sought to do awaj' with the sharp angles 
of side walls and ceilings. IMoldings, 
coves, and curved walls were resorted to 
to effect this, but that was not enough: 
cupboards having an upper half of 
shelves, consoles, seats, commodes, stands 
and tables were devised to help with the 
avoidance of angular effects at the corners 
of rooms. 
In the matter of cupboards thus de¬ 
signed for corners, thej- were still fitted 
across the corners, but instead of the old 
effect of a rectangular projecting front as 
heretofore, their sides were extended by a 
concave surface to meet the wall. This 
was also true with the form of the com¬ 
mode designed for a corner position, only 
with the commode a ridiculous waste of 
side space was occasioned in the drawer 
plan, since the backs of these commodes 
were, like the backs of the corner cup¬ 
boards of the Louis X\’ period, wider than 
the fronts. However, much that was logi¬ 
cal had, in this period, to lie sacrificed to 
its insistence on the principle of continu- 
it\', and the sense of the wall break occa¬ 
sioned by the angular corner became intol¬ 
erable to French taste of the day. 
The rapid multiplication of corner 
pieces with curved fronts, both concave 
and convex, through the transition from 
the Louis XIV to Louis XV styles and 
during the Louis XV period itself was 
reallj" the occasion for the impetus given 
lacquer manufacture in France. Although 
we associate the “Chinese Taste” in 
France with the Louis XV period, Ver¬ 
sailles and IMarley under Louis XIV 
abounded, as M. de Felice points out, 
with innumerable chinoiseries. The spark 
for things oriental in Louis XIV’s reign 
was fanned into the flame of the LouisXV 
enthusiasm. 
Madame de Pompadour was not alone 
in her passion for Chinese lacquer work. 
The flat surfaces of cabinets and cup¬ 
boards of the preceding reign had per¬ 
mitted the employment of Chinese lac¬ 
quered panels imported by the French 
designers for the purpose. Vdth the ad¬ 
vent of the curved panels, it was found im¬ 
practical or impossible to have the curved 
front panels sent all the way to China for 
decoration and returned, but as the taste 
of the period demanded such decoration, 
{Continued on page 148) 
.4 “roundabout” 
chair of American 
maple, with a rush 
seat and with the 
Spanish foot on all 
but the rear leg. It 
would date from the 
early i8th Century 
A triangular drop 
leaf table of Ameri¬ 
can make, dating 
from 1750. This is 
a type of table which 
has been used for 
modern adaptation 
as anincidental piece 
