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House & Garden 
Home Costs Are Reduced 
When Redwood Is Used 
W HEREVER and whenever you build, you can 
reduce the cost of your home by investigating 
the different woods available. There is as much dif¬ 
ference between long lived Redwood and ordinary 
lumber as between granite and sandstone. Outside 
walls and roofs of Redwood sidings or shingles mean 
permanence, economy, safety and comfort for many 
years to come. 
PERMANENCE, because every fibre of Redwood is 
impregnated with a natural preservative that prevents 
the growth of the various forms of fungi which cause 
most woods to quickly decay, especially if exposed to 
moisture and severe climatic changes, or when in con¬ 
tact with the ground. 
ECONOMY, because all grades of Redwood are freer 
of knots, splits, sapwood and blemishes than other 
building woods. Therefore there is less waste. Red¬ 
wood’s grain is close, straight and true and the texture 
is soft—therefore easy to work. Redwood is also light 
in weight, though of sufficient strength. Moreover, it 
has an exceptional painting surface. Most important, 
it lasts longer than other woods—Redwood shingles 
and sidings will outlast the nails. 
SAFETY, because Redwood is unusually fire-resist¬ 
ant. There are no highly inflammable resinous sub¬ 
stances in Redwood. It is hard to ignite, burns slowly, 
and is easily extinguished. Redwood lumber yards get 
a twenty-five per cent reduction in fire insurance pre¬ 
miums because of this. Wherever a fire-retardant 
wood adds to safety in construction. Redwood alone 
meets the specifications. 
COMFORT, because Redwood is a natural insulator 
—keeps cold out and warmth in, or heat out and cool¬ 
ness in. It does not shrink or swell because of its 
uniform cellular structure which provides layer on 
layer of dead air pockets which block the passage of 
cold, heat and moisture. In homes otherwise struc¬ 
turally good, this quality of Redwood will add to the 
home’s value. 
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standing this, fine pieces of the ware 
are uncommon enough and eagerly 
sought by collectors. The Brislington 
pottery, circa 1650, was probably the 
first either in or near Bristol to produce 
delft ware, while the earliest porcelain 
works were started about the year 1745. 
The twenty-eight chapters of the book 
are supplemented by an apprenticeship 
list of Bristol potters, a list of potters 
in the Bristol Burgess list and a schedule 
of deeds of the temple pottery. Over 
ninety excellent half-tone reproductions 
and a map of Bristol in the 18th Cen¬ 
tury, showing the principal potteries, il¬ 
lustrate what must be regarded as a 
very important contribution to ceramic 
history. 
OLD ENGLISH FURNITURE AND 
ITS SURROUNDINGS FROM THE 
RESTORATION TO THE REGENCY 
By Maclver Percival 
Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York. 
I N his new book, “Old English Fur¬ 
niture and Its Surroundings,” 
Maclver Percival shows himself 
thoroughly qualified to treat of the sub¬ 
ject. While the 203 pages of Mr. Per- 
cival’s work neither pretend nor can be 
expected to be exhaustive, they do, 
nevertheless, present a clear and definite 
outline of old English furniture from 
the period of the Restoration to the 
Regency. The four divisions of the 
book—I. The Restoration, II. The End 
of the Seventeenth Century and the 
Early Eighteenth, III. Early Georgian, 
IV. Late Georgian—each contains pro¬ 
fusely illustrated chapters on furniture, 
permanent decoration, upholstery, in¬ 
cluding wall and floor coverings, table 
appointments and decorative adjuncts. 
We have not had a book on English 
furniture on this plan until the appear¬ 
ance of this volume by Mr. Percival. 
The illustrations, fortunately, are of 
typical specimens of the style in vogue 
at their respective periods, wherein lies 
their especial value to the student who 
wishes to follow the evolution of the 
English interior through the periods 
here considered. 
The last third of the 17th Century, 
as Mr. Percival points out, found Eng¬ 
lish domestic architecture in a state of 
transition. The influence of the Re¬ 
naissance was reaching forth to Eng¬ 
land, which had been slower than the 
Continent to come under its dominion. 
Pepys, Evelyn and other diarists of the 
period, give evidence of this fact in 
their observations, and also of the taste 
in interior decoration which accom¬ 
panied the architectural innovations. 
Mr. Percival tells us much of interest 
of panelling, stairways, floors, ceilings, 
fire-places, in the Restoration chapters. 
In the second division of the book 
we learn how, beginning with the King 
and Queen, who were adding to and 
generally refurbishing Hampton Court, 
all ranks of Society were taking steps to 
Notes of the 
^tNHE Bedford (N. Y.) Garden Club 
was founded in 1911, and the 
President is Mrs. Rollin Saltus. 
There are 100 members, women repre¬ 
senting Mt. Kisco, Bedford Hills and 
Katonah, who meet monthly from 
March to November inclusive, and 
whose qualification for membership de¬ 
pends upon their actually working in, 
or planr g ^ nd planting their gardens. 
The p "am for 1920 included a 
paper by ,s Katherine Mayo on gar¬ 
den books-; id one by another member, 
Mrs. Frank Hunter Potter, on an¬ 
nuals, for which she supplied a planting 
plan offering a plan for the best bed of 
annuals grown by any one in the local- 
house themselves in accordance with the 
new ideas of beauty. Defoe, in 1722, j 
expresses amazement at the number of 
houses that had been erected at the 
beginning of the century, which gave to 
London “almost a new face.” The fur¬ 
niture of this second period was also of 
great interest, although showing great ' 
divergence. However, a fine feeling for 
proportion and an appreciation of the 
decorative possibilities of wood (nearly 
always walnut until the introduction of 
marquetry c 1675), as a material dis¬ 
tinguished it. The beginning of the 
Early Georgian period found architec¬ 
ture thriving, and every gentleman con¬ 
versant with “The Orders.” Interior fit¬ 
tings witnessed a change of fashion and 
the introduction of mahogany gave a 
wood best fitted to express the English 
version of Rococo. The late Georgian 
period dates from about 1760 and the 
new spirit in domestic architecture—a 
classical type but more graceful and 
relaxed—was met on the threshold by 
the ideas of the Brothers Adam, fol¬ 
lowed by a host of imitators. The fur¬ 
niture which was demanded with the 
changes of 1760 was later to crystallize ; 
into what we term Sheraton, although 
Chippendale was so firmly rooted in the 
affections of householders that the 
newer furniture gained ground some¬ 
what slowly, despite Sheraton’s some¬ 
what spiteful pen. All of these things 
Mr. Percival dwells upon at length in a 
delightful manner and informative way 
and the book is blessed with an excel¬ 
lent index, a virtue which cannot be 
encouraged too greatly. 
TEN GOOD BOOKS ON INTERIOR 
DECORATION 
“Interior Decoration.” By A. L. Rolfe. 
Published by The MacMillan Com¬ 
pany. 
“Interior Decoration for Modern 
Needs.” By Agnes Foster Wright. 
Published by Frederick Stokes & Com¬ 
pany. 
“Practical and Artistic Home Fur¬ 
nishing and Decoration.” By Alice 
M. Kellogg. Published by Frederick 
Stokes Company. 
“The Art of Interior Decoration.” By 
Grace Wood and Emily Burbank. ; 
Published by Dodd Mead & Company. 
“The House in Good Taste.” By Elsie 
de Wolfe. Published by The Century 
Company. 
“The New Interior.” By Hazel H. 
Adler. Published by The Century 
Company. 
“The Practical Book of Interior Dec¬ 
oration.” By Eberlein, McClure & 
Holloway. Published by J. B. Lippin- 
cott & Company. 
“A History of Lace.” By Mrs. B. Pal- 
liser. Charles Scribner’s Sons. 
“A Lace Guide for Makers and Col¬ 
lectors.” By Gertrude Whiting. Pub¬ 
lished by E. P. Dutton & Company. 
“The Lace Book.” By N. Hudson 
Moore. Frederick Stokes & Company, i 
Garden Clubs 
ity. Mrs. Potter’s article was published 
in the local newspaper. A meeting, held 
in the Community House, and open to 
the public, was addressed by Mr. 
Fletcher Steele, on “Village Gardens 
versus Neglected Real Estate,” and the 
Garden Club offered a prize for the best 
plan for developing the grounds of the 
Community House, the accepted design 
to be used by the Club in planting the 
grounds. 
Most of the meetings are held at the 
homes or in the gardens of members, 
and upon one occasion stereopticon 
slides of their gardens were shown, the 
slides being later donated to the Garden 
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