GINNERS

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 Yo