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House & Garden 
ROBERT MANTELL 
Wife Of The Shakespearian Actor Uses Quaker Tuscan Net 
Curtains In The Colonial Dining Room Of Her Country Home 
T HE low, oak-beamed ceiling —the 
carved oak settle —the grandfathers 
clock—the great stone fireplace—the gay 
chintzes—and the odd mission chairs—all 
these make one of the most charming of 
old colonial dining rooms—that of Mrs. 
Robert Mantell, wife of the Shakespearian 
actor-manager. 
To harmonize with this milieu of com¬ 
fort and cheer, Mrs. Mantell has chosen 
to curtain her windows with coarse, ecru 
Hiinkpr Tuscan Net. with simple over- 
Wife of Gouverneur Morris, the Writer, 
Vice President of Primrose House, Deco¬ 
rates the Living Room of Her New York 
House With Quaker Tuscan Net Curtains 
'HIS is a comfortable 
room with its 
A chairs of deep red leather and its gay 
chintz divan. And through the windows 
the warm evening autumn sun of New York fil¬ 
ters through the curtains of Quaker Tuscan Net, 
ecru in color—and simple in design. 
Mrs. Morris, the wife of Gouverneur Morris, 
ciety leader, Mrs. Morris has recently chosen to 
enter the business world. 
Her decorator has made her Tuscan Net cur¬ 
tains in accordance with her own design. We 
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the novelist and scenario writer, is best known have Mrs. Morris’s directions for making them, 
on her own account. A sportswoman and so- These we shall be glad to send you, upon request. 
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