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House & Garden 
By improved methods of manufacture and distribution 
we are now offering through selected dealers lighting 
fixtures of sound construction and the highest artistic 
quality at lower prices than were ever thought possible. 
LIGHTING FIXTURES 
No. 513, Bracket —1 light, an¬ 
tique bronze finish. $7.50 
West of Rockies. 8.00 
Colonial silver finish.... 9.25 
West of Rockies. 9.75 
No. 53, Electrolier —S light, an¬ 
tique bronze finish. $26.50 
West of Rockies. 27.50 
Colonial silver finish.... 31.75 
West of Rockies. 32.75 
{The figures quoted do not include 
lamps or shades.) 
EDWARD MILLER & CO. 
Established 1844 
If you will drop 
us a line we will 
give you name of 
the nearest ac¬ 
credited Miller 
dealer. 
are so designed that they are appropriate both for the 
mansion on the hill and the cottage in the valley—and 
the following prices speak for themselves: 
Reviving the Bell Pull 
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vets, brocades, damasks and tapestries 
that will prove equally striking and val¬ 
uable, if they are made to harmonize 
with the setting of the room. While 
these pulls are generally about 4" wide, 
there is no set rule to follow; often 
where a large figure has to be worked 
out, it is necessary to make them con¬ 
siderably broader. They should be fin¬ 
ished with a cord, or simply the original 
material turned in and lined. 
Both metal ends and those of deco¬ 
rated wood are effective, but should be 
fastened to a twisted silk cord. Many 
ends are of solid brass, but occasionally 
we find one in bronze and, very rarely, 
one of wrought iron is discovered. 
These differ from the brass handles, 
which are generally oval in shape and 
handsomely decorated, in that they are 
long, similar to a tassel. 
A Cord and Tassel Pull 
It is always essential that they har¬ 
monize with the type of furniture used, 
as for instance, the corner of a living 
room. Here the table is an old gUt 
console of the Louis Seize period. On 
either side are charming old Venetian 
lacquer chairs, the only bit of New Eng¬ 
land being the old rag mat, with its 
many colors. The ornaments on the 
table are also in keeping, for the old 
wooden vases with their artificial flowers 
have been made into candlesticks. The 
bust of Marie Antoinette suggests the 
Petit Trianon. The bell pull here (a 
cord and tassel) is of the same tones as 
the gaily colored mirror done in blue 
and yellow, and is a most appropriate 
bit of decoration. 
The wood of which the furniture is 
made, also the upholstery in a room, 
has much to do in determining the kind 
of fabric to be used as a bell pull. For 
instance, a rare satinwood chair covered 
with a dark fabric is to stand near the 
position for the bell pull. We there¬ 
fore choose bright, harmonious colors 
for the pull, in order to create a suffi¬ 
cient contrast. 
For a Balcony Group 
While it is possible to introduce the 
bell pull in practically every room in the 
house, it is particularly adaptable and 
convenient for a hall, especially where 
the stairs wind up to a landing and a 
balcony effect has been evolved. Here 
a grouping can be made to set off the 
ornamentation of the carved balusters, 
through the use of a Louis Seize chair 
and table. As a background, a wonder¬ 
ful old piece of blue damask is used and 
given a curtain effect by placing an 
ebony pole with gilt ends just under the 
balcony, on which this choice colorful 
piece is hung. The old apothecary jars 
of cream white porcelain, with fruit 
decoration, are in perfect keeping. 
Standing on either side of the Venetian 
mirror are two transfer prints on glass, 
which are supported by gilt Italian 
cupids. Here the Louis Seize bell pull 
is a choice pattern of old needlework 
and connects with a wire inside the 
balcony. It is finished with an oval 
ring. 
In a Dining Room 
Often the following suggestion for 
grouping can be carried out in a dining 
room: An old Jacobean chest on which 
stand two Italian altar candlesticks and 
a gaily colored dish for fruit; on either 
side, old Italian chairs finished in soft 
leather, which harmonize most effective¬ 
ly with the color scheme; a soft painting 
behind the table on the wall, and the 
bell pull, which completes the group. 
This bell pull differs from many of the 
others, as it is a cord formed from two 
different colored silks, brown and blue, 
and is finished at the end with a deco¬ 
rated ornamentation of old carved wood, 
gilded. 
Another interesting combination is 
worked out through the introduction of 
a Chippendale commode in green and 
gold, topped with unique early Victorian 
candelabra, designed with five branches 
rather than three. Here the bell pull, 
instead of reaching to the ceiling, is con¬ 
nected with a wire in the wall and is 
made of an unusual piece of frieze vel¬ 
vet. The handle is a charmingly deco-' 
rated ornamental brass end with a ring 
pendant. 
During the Empire period, a different 
kind of material for bell pulls was used. 
I have one such in mind. It is attrac¬ 
tively worked out with a yellow and 
green background, on which are gilt 
Venetian figures. It hangs at one side 
of the old Louis Quinze Venetian com¬ 
mode. The armchair of the same period 
has a green and yellow covering. For 
decoration a Louis Quinze candelabra 
has been placed on the commode. On 
one side is placed an old Spanish glass 
vase and on the other a colored glass 
dish for fruit. Balancing the chair is 
an iron stand, holding different colored 
glass witch balls. 
Many of these suggestions can be im- 
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A long bell pull will add a note of color 
and a distinctive straight line to a balcony 
grouping. Lee Porter, decorator 
