28 
House & Garden 
Those who turn jrom 
the barren theory of 
the hall as a passage¬ 
way and, consider it 
as the overture to the 
home, may attain such 
success as this 
-~ y wo me yuLLC JUT a 
table, Hayden Co., decorators 
In winter, the dining table at the left wisely 
turns its attention from the window to the 
fireplace 
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feature and play the 
room or the group up to 
it. In decoration as in 
life the serving of two 
masters is a feat seldom 
accomplished, and care 
should be taken that fine 
pieces do not mutually 
lessen each other’s effec¬ 
tiveness through con¬ 
tending for attention at 
the same moment. Such 
pieces should be well 
placed where they are 
neither buried under sur¬ 
rounding mediocrities 
nor overwhelmed amid a 
host of equal beauties. 
A handsome Oriental 
rug may thus dictate the 
entire color scheme of a 
room and even determine 
the arrangement of the 
furniture, which will be 
so placed as to display 
the color and pattern of 
the rug to advantage, yet 
not to leave the entire 
surface bare. 
In another case, the rug may be an entirely 
subordinate element, leading the eye, as in the 
group on page 27, to some rare piece of furni¬ 
ture which is the dominating note of a well- 
planned composition. This arrangement is 
worthy of note not only from the point of view 
of appearance but from that of actual use as 
well. The fine old cabinet and its quaint 
chairs, similar in character, are admirably 
satisfying to the eye, while at the same time 
