INSIDE THE HOUSE 
House and Garden ztii! gladly answer questions on interior decoration and the shops. 
It's shopping service will purchase any of the articles shown or mentioned on these pages. 
Address “Inside the House.” 
I in flowers present almost the last word in modernist 
decoration, which, by the bye, is more and more re¬ 
verting back to the artificial of bygone days. They 
come in brilliant colors and in a large variety of 
subjects, ranging from $30 upward. The Tole vase 
in which they are arranged shows a chinoiserie design. 
Two shades of green are used. Its price is $13. 
The two small Tole vases of like color are 18th Cen¬ 
tury Italian in feeling. $20 the pair 
Although this wrought iron 
flowerstand may be pleas¬ 
ingly, or displeasingly, 
reminiscent of the days 
when grandmother dis¬ 
carded just such an ob¬ 
ject to the limbo of the 
cellar, the fashion for 
them has returned. In 
fact, the fad for wrought 
iron has descended upon 
<us again with a vengeance. 
Flowers on the porch and 
in the conservatory will 
hereafter be arranged in 
stiff pyramids—with these 
stands contributing their 
share of the stiffness. This 
type comes in a rusty 
black coloring, or in old 
green, with touches of 
dull gold, 5' 2" high. It 
also comes more elaborate, 
with crystal drops and 
chains, at $100. The 
workmanship is delicately 
wrought. $75 
Another example of the 
wrought iron work is 
found in this fish bowl 
standard. Standing 32" 
high, finished in rusty 
iron, antique bronze or 
dull Italian gold, it brings 
the bowl in a good posi¬ 
tion to watch the slow, 
shimmering movements of 
the fish. Both standard 
and bowl are decorated in 
antique green and gold 
and sell together for $45. 
As goldfish in themselves 
are strikingly decorative, 
they should be placed in 
such a position that the 
light can filter through the 
water and exaggerate them 
into grotesque shapes. 
Either place the bowl 
then, on a window sill, 
or raise it to the light on 
a standard such as this 
Transparent cloisonne has been chosen by a well-known importer as 
an admirable material for lamp shades. In each of the lamps 
shown the copper has been burned out of the shades, leaving the 
finely toned enamels held together by wire. The lamp on the right 
shows a peacock in natural colors in the shade, upon a base of 
carved ivory figures. Chrysanthemums in various colors give a 
delightful effect to the middle one. The mushroom shape is novel 
and the base is of Shippo bronze. The third has for a base a 
group of bronze elephants, by Maruki, with a dragon motif in the 
shade in green and red. Reading from left to right their prices 
are $135, $70 and $175 
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