December, 1915 
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The nature of “Husband and Wife" 
called for a room of the 
of their means. 
type generally aspired to by people who are living considerably the other side 
This was the rough sketch 
her ex-husband, the designer of the settings has an unusual 
opportunity for contrasts, which it would be nothing less than 
criminal to neglect. 
Act One is indicated by the author as taking place in the 
home of a very conventional family in Washington Square — 
not of course, the Square of the Washington Square Players, 
but apparently the north side of that section, where quaint 
Colonial brick houses in good condition still are in evidence. 
The illustration of the set for that act shows a room very 
simply panelled in soft green with a delicate Adam cornice at 
the top and a reproduction of an old Adam Colonial mantel on 
one side. Upon this stands a simple mahogany clock and a 
pair of candle-sticks, and above these there is an old family 
portrait. In front of the fireplace are two old Chippendale 
Ottomans covered in an. old .green,, .black and gold Chinese 
damask, and against the back wall there is a Chinese green 
lacquered cabinet with a Chinese figure on its top, and on 
either side of the doorway, a console with mirror, and a green 
lacquered corner cabinet. All these small pieces of furniture 
are upholstered in the damask, while the portieres, hung back 
with old gold cords and tassels, are of green velvet to match 
the wing armchair. The rug is also a soft green, for at the 
time that this room was supposedly furnished, the variety of 
colors which are used by us to-day had not come into vogue, 
and the chief liberty taken was to make the green a little more 
modified in tone than it would probably have been in the 
actual room. The round tea-table and the console table are 
modified reproductions of the two beautiful pieces of Chip¬ 
pendale’s work, recently acquired by the Metropolitan Museum. 
In Act Two the great opportunity was afforded for a com¬ 
plete contrast to the other sets, for this takes place in the 
boudoir of an artificial divorcee, fronting on Central Park, 
with the tree tops showing in the distance. Unfortunately, 
the reproduction does not permit us to show color, for the 
walls of this act were done in pink, the effect of wood mould¬ 
ings in light blue, while the fabric used in the curtains and 
furniture was a gold and violet stripe. The rug is a flat gold, 
and the furniture is cream striped in sky blue and incrusted 
The setting created from the above sketch shows the spread of money-Caenstone mantel, carved walnut door, expensive tapestry and 
painting, black carpet and other modern innovations 
