To house and reveal in harmonious settings 
these treasures which we have been gathering 
for many years, a Gothic temple of art was built 
in the shadow of St. Patrick’s Cathedral at 
EighteenEastFiftiethStreet. ItselevenGalleries 
offer many interiors of old-world charm thatequal 
in authenticity the finest examples in Europe. 
Then began our own re-creative period. 
Our designers and makers, through a study of 
these originals, have learned to reproduce the 
finest work cf the masters — furniture which 
rivals in beauty the best that 
has come to us from the past. 
A lacquer cabinet with raised sur¬ 
faces against a dull green back¬ 
ground, mounted on a Queen Anne 
base—and a long seat or bench from 
the ‘Age of Walnut” in the spirit 
of William and Mary. 
Decoration 
The resourcefulness of Hampton Shops, as 
expressed in many distinguished interiors, is 
found not merely in a trained artistic sense, but 
also in an inexhaustible storehouse of all that is 
finest in furniture and decoration, already 
grouped in our Galleries with subtle apprecia¬ 
tion of their romantic associations and the arch¬ 
itectural settings in which they belong. 
It is those who have seen and loved at first 
hand these noble old-world rooms in our Gal¬ 
leries, with their blending of furnishing and archi¬ 
tecture, who are most given to an appreci¬ 
ation and patronage of Hampton Shops. 
ampton Shops 
Galleries of Interior Decoration 
t$ Oast 504 Street, Deui7orh 
A noteworthy Hamp¬ 
ton Shops reproduction 
after the best traditions 
of William and Mary. 
Color scheme — black 
background 'with earn¬ 
ings in gold relief. 
Hntinuities 
Furniture 
lie -Storu of Id amp ton 
O those who know best the charm 
of Hampton Shops’ eleven Gal¬ 
leries, the development of this 
institution is like an ever growing 
and never finished story. Like all 
stories, it began with an idea: that 
beauty is common to the creative art of all 
periods; that the highest ideal of home deco¬ 
ration is to assemble these beauty forms of the 
ages—these legacies of the masters—into beau¬ 
tiful home interiors. 
The first chapter of this story finds us delv¬ 
ing into the art centers of the Old World for 
authentic treasures of the past —perhaps a 
beautiful Vase whose loveliness has grown 
with time—a bit of oak paneling from a 
French chateau of the age of Chambord—a 
chair in the perfect spirit of Sheraton or 
Heppelwhite—or a bit of lovely old brocade. 
Here is shown 
a Georgian wall 
sconce in black 
and gold—with 
mirror inserts and 
panels. 
This table is a beautiful 
Florentine antique of the 
Cinque Cento Period. The 
Torchere is finished in love¬ 
ly old Italian polychrome. 
A fine old pole 
screen after Chip 
pendale,with tap¬ 
estry panel of 
Flemish needle- 
These illustrations are 
merely another hint of 
'what Hampton Shops* 
eleven beautifulGalteries 
offer you in the way of 
suggestive interiors com¬ 
pletely installed. 
