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House & Garden 
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ELEGANCE AND THE INTIMATE ROOM 
Elegance is in no way dependent upon size for its adequate 
expression. The Louis Quinze, Regence and Louis Seize styles of 
decoration belong to an era that revolted against the palatial. The 
intimate was made elegant. A witness of this can be found in the 
New York apartment of Paul A. Isler, Esq., illustrated on this and 
the two following pages. The French styles have been employed with 
meritorious restraint. They serve as a valuable testimony to the livable 
human quality of periods little understood. The view here is a corner 
of the bedroom. On a beautifully designed marble mantel with a 
mirror and Grisaille above, stand a terra-cotta bust and a pair 
of Chinese vases which, combined with the cream paneled walls 
of the bedroom, create a pure Louis Seize mis-en-scbne 
