72 
House & Garden 
r 
--cfc:-A tfc—rn> 1f7-±r lr—— 
T HE classic design of Berkey & Gay 
furniture employs and combines 
motives taken from the enduring master¬ 
pieces of former periods and adapts them 
to the American home. 
It is never commonplace. Neither is it a 
slavish copy of period styles. These are unsuited 
for modern use; they were designed fora physical 
and spiritual environment quite different from 
our own. 
Berkey & Gay designers utilize these art 
treasures of the past as inspiration in creating 
furniture which fits the needs of the modern 
home and expresses its best aspirations. 
The sturdy magnificence of the Spanish 
Grandee’s home, for instance, would ill befit an 
American household; but Span-Umbrian pieces 
designed by Berkey & Gay as a modern adapta¬ 
tion are most appropriate for hall, dining or 
living room in the modest home, apartment or 
mansion. They retain the spirit and charm of 
the original antique, in lighter and more graceful 
proportions. Write us for name of nearest dealer. 
An interesting brochure concern¬ 
ing Berkey & Gay furniture, with 
illustrations, sent upon request. 
THIS SHOP MARK 
is inlaid in every genuine Berkey & Gsy 
production. It is the customer's 
protection when buying and his 
pride thereafter 
BERKEY ft GAY 
FURNITURE COMPANY 
446 Monroe Avenue 
Grand Rapids, Michigan 
A comprehensive exhibit comprising thousands of pieces of Berkey & Gay 
furniture may be seen at our New York showrooms, 113-119 West 40th 
St., or at Grand Rapids. Visitors should be accompanied by, or have 
a letter of introduction from, their furniture dealer. 
=F—-y—m 
.4 suitable desk that requires very little space 
and still gives room for writing comes in a good 
design 
Furniture for a Bachelor’s Room 
(Continued from page 70) 
of roses, red, yellow, and kochi, with 
dark-centered white daisies. Except for 
the striking notes of brilliantly warm 
color, the whole material was a green- 
blue-gray, dignified and somber. 
This was hung in floor-length drapes 
at the windows, well set back onto the 
wall, so that the windows were wide 
and spacious. They were lined with a 
flame-colored tussah, from which the 
bachelor-man derived a great deal of 
secret satisfaction, for the bull story 
only proves how he loves red. The Ar- 
doise cretonne appeared again as the 
cover of the day bed and on a pillow. 
The wall was paneled with thin wood 
strips, and the whole, inclusive of the 
woodwork, was painted two tones of 
light greenish-gray. There were kochi- 
red and old silver shades on the black 
and silver sconce fixtures, a lamp shade 
of mustard color on one lamp, of silver 
gray stippled vellum bound with gold, 
on another, decorated black on a third. 
The floor, of which very little showed, 
was painted a raw sienna, over which 
was laid a rug of snuff and black. A 
decorative note of Chinese red, blue and 
mustard was to be noticed above the 
built-in shelves for books, and the books 
themselves, in their leather bindings, 
lent much rich color. There were one 
or two notes of intense peacock blue in 
the pottery, and several brilliant cop¬ 
per jars. 
The bed thing, a most exciting affair 
indeed, when bereft of its cover pre¬ 
sented a single bed with a box spring 
and a hair mattress, all made up for 
sleep. In its waking moments, with the 
cover and the many pillows, it could 
seat four cronies comfortably, or could 
spread itself delightfully for the after- 
dinner nap. The lowboy, or chest of 
drawers, is made as carefully as a 
Stradivarius, and in a hundred years or 
so would be sure to be a full-fledged 
heirloom. The drop-leaf table, which 
is large, and which boasts slide-out sup¬ 
ports for the leaves, would be a won¬ 
derful nest-egg for the dining room, 
should it ever be afflicted with matri¬ 
mony. 
The semi-Morris chair, well-made, 
and of sufficiently pleasing lines to re¬ 
deem Friend Morris, is always a favor¬ 
ite with the men-folk, the way to a 
man’s heart having been replaced by the 
Morris chair. I am glad to have found 
one that can be esthetically recom¬ 
mended. The Chippendale table desk 
of mahogany would be a delight any¬ 
where, with its back and front as either 
should be, spaciously accommodated 
with drawer space. 
The Venetian blinds of a dark bottle 
green make one wonder why these 
blinds are not used more frequently, and 
the pillows are a satisfactory dark 
slate, copper and a deep mustard yellow. 
Kitchen Cosmetics 
(Continued from page 49) 
painter should understand these re¬ 
quirements. “The priming coat,” says 
Heckel, “being the one on which the 
adhesion of the entire paint film de¬ 
pends, should be most carefully consid¬ 
ered. It should be sufficiently liquid to 
penetrate every pore and irregularity 
of the surface, carrying with it particles 
of the pigment; but this fluidity must 
not be obtained at the cost of the fu¬ 
ture strength of the dried film. For the 
priming coat it is customary to add a 
quantity of oil and some turpentine or 
benzine, or, in the case of cypress, yel¬ 
low pine and resinous woods in general, 
some form of benzol. It is easy to 
overdo both. Only enough of the vola¬ 
tile thinner should be used to avoid a 
high gloss, to which subsequent coats 
will not readily adhere. Hard, un¬ 
absorbent woods require a thicker prim¬ 
ing coat than spongy woods, such as 
poplar, soft pine, etc. Resinous woods, 
like yellow pine, again require special 
treatment—a preliminary varnishing of 
knots and resinous spots with shellac, 
and subsequent priming with a fluid 
priming coat containing a benzol prod¬ 
uct. 
(Continued on page 74) 
