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this tone. There were splashes 
of color in vivid tones in the 
design of the paper, with a 
rich vermillion predominating. 
This vermillion was repeated 
in the damask curtains. The 
round table was mahogany in 
dull finish and the chairs were 
Sheraton. On the mantel, 
which was white mar¬ 
ble with an insert of 
a black and white 
Wedgewood placque, 
stood beautiful old 
lustres, and above it 
hung an old round dull 
gold mirror. 
One of the most beautiful rooms we ' 
ever saw is an exact reproduction of the I 
18th Century. The old Chinese wall 
paper, which came from a house in si 
England, is that indescribable color j| 
known as duck’s egg. The design of 
the paper is in delicate traceries of I 
mauves, blues and greens, with brilliant ill 
birds. All the furniture is in mahog- ill 
any of the period and the chairs are ] 
covered with black horsehair—all ex- f 
cepting two wing arm chairs which | 
stand in front of the fireplace and have 
glazed chintz covers of yellow and 1 
mauve in a seaweed design. 
Our third room is furnished 
throughout in walnut. Georgian 
green painted wall with dull 
gold moldings, chintz curtains, 
gold oval mirror. $800 
The reproduced old English 
dresser is appropriate for a dis¬ 
play of old china and silver. 
It is of walnut and is priced 
at $290 
pair of consoles and the neces¬ 
sary chairs, is Italian in feel¬ 
ing. The chairs with lyre 
shaped backs are painted a 
deep fawn color with line 
decorations in green, and the 
table and console to match. On 
the consoles stand jade green 
vases filled with orange and 
mauve bead flowers. 
When the table is not 
in use, there is a wide 
piece of heavy filet 
placed over it, with a 
boat shaped glass bowl 
filled with many colored 
fruits of Capri ware 
and a pair of Venetian candlesticks. 
Still another room which was full of 
great charm has warm biscuit colored 
walls with a mellow toned old chintz 
at the windows. The old Chippendale 
furniture is in dull mahogany, the chair 
seats covered in the chintz. The one 
vivid note in the room is a brilliant 
vermillion lacquer screen. There are 
yellow candles in the many branched 
crystal candelabra on the buffet, which 
throw their light on a few bits of old 
silver, and on the dark polished sur¬ 
face of the table. An attractive flower 
painting, oblong in shape, is set above 
a mirror which hangs over the buffet. 
The decorative value of bird and flower wall 
papers, if they be well chosen for a dining 
room, was particularly happily illustrated in a 
room we recently saw. This was divided into 
beautifully proportioned panels, into which the 
bold patterned paper had been set. A deep 
cream was the background and all the wood¬ 
work and the rest of the walls had been painted 
