58 
House & Garden 
WELL-DRESSED FURNITURE 
As Fresh and Gay As Summer Frocks Are the New Slip Covers of 
Bright Chintz, Toile de Jouy, Linen or Taffeta 
MARGARET BRADFORD 
I N addition to being 
beautiful in line and 
wood, furniture 
should be well dressed. 
Much of the charm of a 
chair is due to the kind and 
color of its upholstery. 
When the time comes to 
protect this against the in¬ 
roads of sun and dust, one 
may still have a colorful 
and inviting living room, 
cool and restful in effect 
with chairs and sofas quite 
as attractive in their sum¬ 
mer dress of prim glazed 
chintz or linen as they 
were in the more formal at¬ 
tire of damask and brocade. 
Who can ever forget 
the dark, ghostly drawing 
rooms of not so long ago? 
Drear rooms with every 
bit of beauty religiously 
covered up, shapeless brown 
Holland everywhere, mys¬ 
terious objects shrouded in 
white netting and all the 
little things that give a 
room its individuality care- 
Tke slip cover on the chaise longue 
above is pink and white chintz and 
the slipper chair has a cover of pink 
taffeta. From Elsie Sloane Farley 
Below are slip covers of violet linen 
with green fringe and Directoire 
chintz motifs appliqued on the backs 
and seats. From Mrs. Grace Wood 
fully put away. What a 
contrast to the summer liv¬ 
ing room of today with its 
crisp organdie or Swiss 
curtains over well-screened 
windows, its furniture done 
in slip covers that really 
fit, its cool, shining floors 
and its many bowls of 
garden flowers! The wise 
hostess does not cover up 
the interesting and charm¬ 
ing little things that give a 
room so much of its in¬ 
terest. She keeps them 
dusted. Most of all she 
believes in well-made and 
well-fitting slip covers, for 
these contribute more than 
anything else to the suc¬ 
cess of a living room in 
summer. 
Slip covers are used for 
three reasons. To protect 
beautiful silks or satins 
from dust and a summer 
sun, to cover ugly pieces 
of furniture and, lastly, 
for their own sheer decora¬ 
tive value and as a change 
Bradley & Merrill 
