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.

INDEX

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.

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