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House & Garden 
THE ROOM AS A STILL LIFE 
All well-decorated rooms are studies in the 
composition of furniture, whether the sub¬ 
ject be some brilliant expression of the Ital¬ 
ian eras or the simpler and sturdy arrange¬ 
ment found, as here, in a remodeled and re¬ 
stored English country house of the Cots- 
wolds. Behind the charm of the composi¬ 
tion lies an appreciation of furniture and 
its uses, an understanding of light and shade 
and the harmonious contrasts of line, 
and the natural knack for grouping inani¬ 
mate objects so that they delight the eye. 
A room properly composed is pleasant to 
live in because it is pleasant to look upon 
