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PDFTHE NURSERY AND PLAY-ROOM 169
CURTAINS 175
FLOORS AND FLOOR COVERINGS 185
THE TREATMENT OF WALLS 195
ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING 209
PAINTED FURNITURE 221
SYNOPSIS OF PERIOD STYLES AS AN AID IN BUYING FURNITURE 231
The Illustrations
A modern dining-room Frontispiece
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Italian Renaissance fireplace and overmantel, modern
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Doorways and pilaster details, Italian Renaissance 9
Two Louis XIII chairs 22
A Gothic chair of the fifteenth century 23
A Louis XIV chair 32
Louis XIV inlaid desk-table 33
Louis XIV chair with underbracing 33
A modern French drawing-room 40
A drawing-room, old French furniture and tapestry 41
Early Louis XIV chair 44
Louis XV bergere 44
Louis XVI bench 45
Louis XVI from Fontainebleau 50
American Empire bed 51
An Apostles bed of the Tudor period 60
Adaptation of the style of William and Mary to dressing table 61
Reproduction of Charles II chair 61
Living-room with reproductions of different periods 64
Original Jacobean sofa 65
Reproductions of Charles II chairs 65
Reproductions of Queen Anne period 72
Reproduction of James II chair 73
Reproduction of William and Mary chair 73
Gothic and Ribbonback types of Chippendale chairs 78
