class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">CHAPTER III   HOW TO DETERMINE CHARACTER OF HANGINGS AND FURNITURE-COVERING FOR A GIVEN ROOM

Silk, velvet, corduroy, rep, leather, use of antique silks, chintz.—When and how used.

CHAPTER IV   THE STORY OF TEXTILES

Materials woven by hand and machine, embroidered, or the combination of the two known as Tapestry.—Painted tapestry.—Art fostered by the Church.—Decorated walls and ceilings, 13th century, England.

CHAPTER V   CANDLESTICKS, LAMPS, FIXTURES FOR GAS AND ELECTRICITY, AND SHADES

Fixtures, as well as mantelpiece, must follow architect's scheme.—Plan wall space for furniture.—Shades for lights.—Important as to line and colour.

CHAPTER VI   WINDOW SHADES AND AWNINGS

Coloured gauze sash-curtains.—Window shades of glazed linen, with design in colours.—Striped canvas awnings.

CHAPTER VII   TREATMENT OF PICTURES AND PICTURE FRAMES

Selecting pictures.—Pictures as pure decoration.—"Staring" a picture.—Restraint necessary in hanging pictures.—Hanging miniatures.

CHAPTER VIII   TREATMENT OF PIANO CASES

Where interest centres abound piano.—Where piano is part of ensemble.

CHAPTER IX   TREATMENT OF DINING-ROOM BUFFETS AND DRESSING-TABLES

Articles placed upon them.

CHAPTER X   TREATMENT OF WORK TABLES, BIRD CAGES, DOG BASKETS, AND FISH GLOBES

Value as colour notes.

CHAPTER XI   TREATMENT OF FIREPLACES

Proportions, tiles, andirons, grates.

CHAPTER XII   TREATMENT OF BATHROOMS

A man's bathroom.—A woman's bathroom.—Bathroom fixtures.—Bathroom glassware.

CHAPTER XIII   PERIOD ROOMS

Chiselling of metals.—Ormoulu.—Chippendale.—Colonial.—Victorian.—The art of furniture making.—How to hang a mirror.—Appropriate furniture.—A home must have human quality, a personal note.—Mrs. John L. Gardner's Italian Palace in Boston.—The study of colour schemes.—Tapestries.—A narrow hall.

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