HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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December, 1909 | 
A folding card table of mahogany inlaid 
with satinwood lines, $18 
A tip-top pie-crust table, 24 in. This Sheraton work-table makes a splendid Mahogany tea-table and tray 
in height and diameter, for $13 gift if one cares to pay as much as S3 2 with satinwood inlay for $18 
finish for brass is called “ iridescent fire bronze. ” For large pieces 
of brass where one wishes to introduce richness of color this finish 
will meet every requirement. Pieces so treated do not mar and 
they are kept in perfect condition by rubbing frequently with oil. 
Ten per cent is added to the cost of articles so treated. 
The jardiniere with pedestal base, 15 inches high with 10-inch 
opening, costs $6.35. Another illustration portrays a jardiniere 
which is a reproduction of one of the real old classic shapes and 
can be purchased with 8-inch, 12-inch, and 10-inch openings, 
the latter costing $4.50. 
The hanging gypsy kettles are admirable receptacles for ferns 
and growing vines. These come with 5-inch and 6-inch openings 
and cost $2.25 and $2.65 each. 
For the book-lover the tray 18 inches in length, of repousse 
brass, will prove a welcome addition to the library table. Re¬ 
pousse brass fern dishes, 4 inches high with 7-inch opening, like 
the illustration, cost $8. 
The small triangular 
tray shown is useful for 
many things and costs 
but $0.95. 
In addition to these 
things in brass there are 
wood-boxes and baskets, 
sconces, match-boxes, 
and umbrella stands; in 
fact, one should have no 
trouble in finding useful 
pieces to fit the needs of 
any individual. 
Plaster pieces of clas¬ 
sic subjects in bas-relief, 
delicately tinted, form 
an attractive bit of wall 
decoration, and are sure 
to be appreciated. Pieces 
about 4 feet 8 inches in 
length, appropriate for 
use,over mantels, cost $9. 
It would be hard to 
equal from an artistic 
point of view the small 
pieces illustrated at the 
top of page 195. These 
show only a few of the 
many exquisite objects 
of art of a type express¬ 
For a room finished in dark oak this green¬ 
ish bronze lamp with mica and metal 
shade would be particularly harmonious 
ing individuality and good taste. The small baskets made of 
reed and adorned with festoons of tiny roses, finished in antique 
gold, make fascinating favors. These are made in many shapes 
and sizes. A design like the one shown costs $2.25. 
Carved wooden boxes finished in old bronze and lined with 
velvet or brocade make ideal jewel cases. The larger one shown 
costs $12, while the smaller one is but $4. 
The small glass jar is overlaid with reed upon whicEis a sprawl¬ 
ing design of grapes and leaves in low relief. This is given the 
“verde^antiquejV, ’finish 
with the fruit and .leaves 
wrought out in faint colors, 
and is an expression of art 
worthy of special notice to 
the buyer of unusual 
things. 
'fhe small hanging 
clock, designed upon good 
lines and finished to look 
like old bronze, costs 
$13.50. 
Round mirrors set in 
carved wooden frames 
showing a massive design 
of fruit, flowers and leaves 
in dull old reds and greens, 
will, in the larger sizes, 
make a charming over¬ 
mantel decoration. There 
are also candlesticks, book 
ends and desk sets in carved wood finished in antique gold and 
dull colors. 
Great delicacy of design and excellence of workmanship are 
shown in the small picture frames. The one having the oval 
opening surrounded by small roses is mounted upon a plain wooden 
surface; the entire frame being finished in old gold, with just a 
suggestion of color in the flowers. These cost $3. The narrow 
frame also has the old gold finish and is decorated with a very 
simple stencil design in old bronze. 
For the devout person, the season and gift can be most appro¬ 
priately combined in a Della Robbia bambino. One most attrac¬ 
tive reproduction is about 12 inches in diameter, the background 
finished in very dull gold with the figure wrought out in delicate 
colors. This costs $5.25. 
The charm, the simplicity and the elegance of the furniture and 
ornament of the Colonial period is particularly well evidenced ira 
the decoration and furniture designed and executed by the 
A reproduction of a medieval lamp 
which contains beneath its mica 
shade an electric bulb 
