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House & 
Garden 
Because of its beauty, 
its fineness and its in¬ 
dividualism, Karpen 
Furniture has no peer 
in furniture, either of 
the past or present. 
The institutional aim 
is to interpret the 
high ideals of the old 
masters in modern 
form. Karpenesque 
Upholstered Furniture 
is the realisation of 
that aim. For sale by 
leading dealers every¬ 
where. 
S. KARPEN &P BROS. 
CHICAGO NEW YORK 
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Using the Couch End 
In this group is 
used a table with 
a metal stretcher 
of iron and gilt. 
Earle Campbell, 
decorator 
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(Continued from page 76) 
when pieces corresponding with the 
period are chosen, such as one illus¬ 
trated at the bottom of page 76. These 
English companion ends, placed against 
the sofa, bring out the value of the 
dark candlesticks, which have been made 
into lamps. The tapestry which softens 
the plaster walls is a Flemish fragment, 
and is flanked on either side by a Louis 
XIV carved girandole. The sofa is of 
beige colored velvet and the pillows, of 
corresponding tones, carry out the gen¬ 
eral color scheme. 
There are delightful mannish end 
tables for books, magazines, and cigar 
stands, which can be placed close by a 
chair or table. The illustration at the 
top of page 76 shows a Jacobean piece 
with its small rounded corners, unusual 
in shape, and the old painted screen 
used as an excellent foil for the dull blue 
satin upholstered chair. 
A very distinctive table has a metal 
stretcher made of iron and gilt and the 
lamp should be made of iron and gilt 
as well. The shade can be made out 
of gay bits of old chintz. This table, 
above, shows a substantial quality 
and a canvas screen has been placed 
to cut off the draught from the rest 
of the room. 
Italy lends us a suggestion in interior 
decoration by the use of this little 
table, as seen in the corner group on 
page 42. It has weight and dignity 
which balances the rich luxurious red 
Italian damask chair. In a case like 
this, a light piece would be inadequate. 
The painting on the linen tinted walls 
is an architectural fantasy, after the 
manner of Paninni, and the Queen Anne 
chair and wrought iron lamp, with 
parchment shade of burnt orange, all 
help to make a most charming deco¬ 
rative scheme. 
An interesting three-legged end table, 
terminating in Dutch feet, is seemingly 
fixed into the end of the lounge at the 
bottom of page 42. The couch is cov¬ 
ered with dull blue taffeta. The painted 
screen in the background brings out 
the color scheme and also the beauty of 
the Chippendale chair of blue brocatelle. 
End tables are especially decorative 
when used in a hallway, the richness 
of the wood being unusually effective 
against cream painted walls and made 
more so if placed against an old Italian 
rose damask sofa, which blends with 
the mellowness of the old wood. 
There are so many advantages in the 
revival of these end tables that one 
wonders how we ever did without them. 
They are convenient, space saving, and 
give a decorative and homelike atmos¬ 
phere, and their graceful outlines blend 
harmoniously with the setting of prac¬ 
tically any room. 
The Kitchen Exalted 
(Continued from page 55) 
the maids sit and read or sew (and 
there are places to keep the sewing too) 
or arrange the flowers and fruits for 
the rest of the house, or prepare the 
dry, clean vegetables or have tea, or 
just rest. 
They have their illustrative silhouettes 
here also. On one wall a lady with 
wind-blown scarf fluttering towards a 
rose tree filled with roses gathers the 
precious blooms and arranges them in 
a bowl she so lightly holds on her 
hand, and one she has pinned in her 
hair—anything for decorative effect. 
And again, on the other wall, is a 
picture lady sitting most absorbedly 
placing the oranges and bananas and 
grapes in flat bowls that she has stand¬ 
ing on the floor all around her. In 
the corner oblong hangs a bit of the 
very grape vine where she found her 
grapes. And oh! yes, peeping from 
the folds of her draperies is the dainti¬ 
est foot in a slipper (all the wall- 
ladies wear dancing slippers). 
The silhouettes are painted in the 
colors of the kitchen, terra-cotta, and 
black and creamy white and just a 
little green, like lettuce leaves, to give 
a reaction from the too much pink- 
orange. 
The lighting is perfect. The windows 
are so placed that there are no dark 
corners in the daytime and the electric 
lights are so arranged that by night 
even one can see to make and keep all 
things clean and bright. What a relief 
from the ordinary single gas jet hanging 
precariously from the center of the 
ceiling and illuminating nothing at all! 
As to the servants—they do like the 
pretty kitchen and take a pride in 
keeping it so. It gives them a greater 
dignity and they are inspired to cook 
better and serve more gracefully as they 
arrange more artistically all salads, 
fruits and whatever foods they are pre¬ 
paring for the table. It is they now, 
who without direction select such dishes 
and flowers as will harmonize best with 
the food to be served and they make 
every meal an exhibition repast. Yes, 
they are intelligent. Who will not be 
with the proper surroundings and ideals 
and training? 
Which, of course, proves us right in 
believing that the fairer the surround¬ 
ings the better the work and doubting 
that the ascetic barrenness of a hermit¬ 
like cell uplifts, while the visible beau¬ 
ties distract the mind and Soul. So 
perhaps a kitchen adorned and exalted 
is as important as any other room in 
the house. 
