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XXXI.
TREATMENT OF A WOMAN'S DRESSING-ROOM
Solving problems of the toilet.--Shoe cabinets.--Jewel
cabinets.--Dressing tables.
CHAPTER XXXII.
THE TREATMENT OF CLOSETS
Variety of closets.--Colour scheme.--Chintz covered boxes.
CHAPTER XXXIII.

TREATMENT OF A NARROW HALL
Furniture.--Device for breaking length of hall.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
TREATMENT OF A VERY SHADED LIVING-ROOM
In a warm climate.--In a cool climate.--Warm and cold colours.
CHAPTER XXXV.
SERVANTS' ROOMS
Practical and suitable attractiveness.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
TABLE DECORATION
Appropriateness the keynote.--Tableware.--Linen, lace, and
flowers.--Japanese simplicity.--Background.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
WHAT TO AVOID IN INTERIOR DECORATION: RULES FOR
BEGINNERS
Appropriateness.--Intelligent elimination.--Furnishings.--Colour
scheme.--Small suites.--Background.--Placing rugs and
hangings.--Treatment of long wall-space.--Men's rooms.--Table
decoration.--Tea table.--How to train the taste, eye, and judgment.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
FADS IN COLLECTING
A panier fleuri collection.--A typical experience in collecting.--A

"find" in an obscure American junk-shop.--Getting on the track of some
Italian pottery.--Collections used as decoration.--A "find" in Spain.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
WEDGWOOD POTTERY, OLD AND MODERN
The history of Wedgwood.--Josiah Wedgwood, the founder.
CHAPTER XL.
ITALIAN POTTERY
Statuettes.
CHAPTER XLI.
VENETIAN GLASS, OLD AND MODERN
Murano Museum collection.--Table-gardens in Venetian glass.
IN CONCLUSION
Four Fundamental Principles of Interior Decoration Re-stated.

ILLUSTRATIONS
PLATE I Portion of a Drawing-room, Perfect in Composition and
Detail.
PLATE II Bedroom in Country House. Modern Painted Furniture.
PLATE III Suggestion for Treatment of a Very Small Bedroom.
PLATE IV A Man's Office in Wall Street.
PLATE V A Corner of the Same Office.

PLATE VI Another View of the Same Office.
PLATE VII Corner of a Room, Showing Painted Furniture, Antique
and Modern.
PLATE VIII Example of a Perfect Mantel, Ornaments and Mirror.
PLATE IX Dining-room in Country House, Showing Modern Painted
Furniture.
PLATE X Dining-room Furniture, Italian Renaissance, Antique.
PLATE XI Corner of Dining-room in New York Apartment, Showing
Section of Italian Refectory Table and Italian Chairs, both Antique and
Renaissance in Style.
PLATE XII An Italian Louis XVI Salon in a New York Apartment.
PLATE XIII Another Side of the Same Italian Louis XVI Salon.
PLATE XIV A Narrow Hall Where Effect of Width is Attained by Use
of Tapestry with Vista.
PLATE XV Venetian Glass, Antique and Modern.
PLATE XVI Corner of a Room in a Small Empire Suite.
PLATE XVII An Example of Perfect Balance and Beauty in Mantel
Arrangement.
PLATE XVIII Corner of a Drawing-room, Furniture Showing
Directoire Influence.
PLATE XIX Entrance Hall in New York Duplex Apartment. Italian
Furniture.
PLATE XX Combination of Studio and Living-room in New York
Duplex Apartment.

PLATE XXI Part of a Victorian Parlour in One of the Few Remaining
New York Victorian Mansions.
PLATE XXII Two Styles of Day-beds, Modern Painted.
PLATE XXIII Boudoir in New York Apartment. Painted Furniture,
Antique and Reproductions.
PLATE XXIV Example of Lack of Balance in Mantel Arrangement.
PLATE XXV Treatment of Ground Lying Between House and Much
Travelled Country Road.
PLATE XXVI An Extension Roof in New York Converted into a
Balcony.
PLATE XXVII A Common-place Barn Made Interesting.
PLATE XXVIII Narrow Entrance Hall of a New York Antique Shop.
PLATE XXIX Example of a Charming Hall Spoiled by Too
Pronounced a Rug.
PLATE XXX A Man's Library.
PLATE XXXI A Collection of Empire Furniture, Ornaments, and
China.
PLATE XXXII Italian Reproductions in Pottery After Classic Models.
"Those who duly consider the influence of the fine-arts on the human
mind, will not think it a small benefit to the world, to diffuse their
productions as wide, and preserve them as long as possible. The
multiplying of copies of fine work, in beautiful and durable materials,
must obviously have the same effect in respect to the arts as the
invention of printing has upon literature and the sciences: by their
means the principal productions of both kinds will be forever preserved,
and will effectually prevent the return of ignorant and barbarous ages."

JOSIAH WEDGWOOD: Catalogue of 1787.
One of the most joyful obligations in life should be the planning and
executing of BEAUTIFUL HOMES, keeping ever in mind that
distinction is not a matter of scale, since a vast palace may find its rival
in the smallest group of rooms, provided the latter obeys the law of
good line, correct proportions, harmonious colour scheme and
appropriateness: a law insisting that all useful things be beautiful
things.

THE ART OF INTERIOR DECORATION
CHAPTER I
HOW TO REARRANGE A ROOM
Lucky is the man or woman of taste who has no inherited eyesores
which, because of association, must not be banished! When these exist
in large numbers one thing only remains to be done: look them over,
see to what period the majority belong, and proceed as if you wanted a
mid-Victorian, late Colonial or brass-bedstead room.
To rearrange a room successfully, begin by taking everything out of it
(in reality or in your mind), then decide how you want it to look, or
how, owing to what you own and must retain, you are