l which
will neither fade nor pull out of shape when washed. We would suggest
scrim, Swiss, or China silk of a good quality.

When buying bath-mats, bath-robes, bath-slippers, bath-towels,
wash-cloths and hand-towels, it is easy to keep in mind the
colour-scheme of your rooms, and by following it out, the general
appearance of your suite is immensely improved.

For a woman's bathroom, Venetian glass bottles, covered jars and bowls
of every size, come in opalescent pale greens and other delicate
tints. See Plate XI. Then there are the white glass bottles, jars,
bowls, and trays with bunches of dashing pink roses, to be obtained at
any good department store. Glass toilet articles come in considerable
variety and at all prices, and to match any colour scheme; so use them
as notes of colour on the glass shelves in your bathrooms. Here, too,
is an opportunity to use your old Bristol or Bohemian glass, once
regarded as inherited eyesores, but now unearthed, and which, when
used to contribute to a colour scheme, have a distinct value and real
beauty.

PLATE XVI

Part of a room in a small suite where the furniture is all old and
the majority of it Empire in style. However, the small piano at
once declares itself American Empire. The beautifully decorative
nameplate on its front reads, "Geib & Walker, 23 Maiden Lane,
N.Y." The date of piano is about 1830.

The brown mahogany commode on the right has the lion's claw-feet,
and pilasters are topped by women's heads in bronze. This piece
was bought in France. It has the original marble top, dark pink
veined with white. The knobs on drawers are bronze lions' heads,
holding rings in their mouths. Chairs are Italian and between
Directoire and Empire.

The table, a good specimen, was also found in France. On the table
is a French vanity mirror, Louis XVI in time, very Greek in
design. The mirror is on both sides and turns on a gold arrow
which pierces it. The bronze frame of mirror has a design so
intricate in detail that it resembles lace work.

The vase on the piano is Empire and antique, decoration of green
and gold. The flowers on table are artificial, a quaint Victorian
contrast.

Through the doorway one sees the end of an Empire bed which came
from an old chateau in Brittany. Note the same pilasters as on
bureau, only that in this case the woman's head is gilded wood and
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