3f. 
House & Garden 
Nortliend 
WHERE PERFECT BALANCE LENDS DIGNITY 
Too much balance can make a room cold and inhuman. Insistence on perfect balance will annoy 
the eye; one finds this especially true of many mantel shelves. But in a hall which affords a 
dignified architectural background, the perfectly balanced arrangement of furniture lends a dignity 
not to be gainsaid. Here it is executed with an ornate table and surmounting portrait, a pair of 
lustres on gilded eagle appliques, and a pair of Carolean chairs. Lee Porter, decorator 
