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House & 
Garden 
A carved Jacobean chest with 
accompanying chairs and a 
tapestry lor a background con¬ 
stitutes a good hallway group. 
Each piece in the composition 
has sufficient room. If antiques 
are worth preserving at all, 
they deserve decent display; 
they should never be crowded 
For the guest room a group 
can be made of a Jacobean 
chest of drawers with Lanca¬ 
shire chairs on either side. An 
early 18 th Century mahogany 
mirror is hung above. ' The 
•walls are covered with an an¬ 
tique French chintz, a custom 
now in vogue 
A third grouping for the hall 
uses the oak-seated Lanca¬ 
shire chairs, which are very 
much in vogue, a Spanish 
table with iron supports sur¬ 
mounted by an early 17 th Cen¬ 
tury Spanish chest of ivory 
inlay. The French Renais¬ 
sance tapestry used in the hall 
group above has been employed 
here for background 
HOW to GROUP 
ANTIQUE 
FURNITURE 
Five Suggestions for Its 
Positions in the Room 
Suitable for a hall or the side 
of a large living room is a 
group consisting of a three- 
drawer Italian table, on which 
is placed a miniature chest of 
drawers of the late 17 th Cen¬ 
tury from South America, and 
a pair of Lowestoft vases. The 
background is furnished by a 
piece of rich damask bound 
with galloon. Wrought iron 
candlesticks are placed on 
either side 
North end 
A serving table group for the dining 
room is composed of a pier table with an 
antique tray and vases, and above, a 
jerandino mirror. The composition is 
simple and in keeping with the lines of 
the table 
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