CHINA MAIL, HOME SUPPLEMENT
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MESSRS. MAPPIN & WEBB LTD.
Princes Plate
Only The Latest And Most Beauti- ful Of Designs Kept In Stock.
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SILVERWARE DEPT.
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HONG KONG.
BEAUTIFUL
DRAPE YOUR ROOMS
WITH
BRIGHT. PLEASING DESIGNS
THE ILLUSTRATION SHOWN HAS A BOLD
STRIKING PATTERN OF. TULIPS PRINTED ON
FAWN and BLUE' BACKGROUNDS, WITH AUTUMN BROWN,
AND ORANGE TINTS
CRETONNES
(By A. 8. Konya).
PERHAPS appreciation is
really one of the fine arts, or perhaps most people do not allow themselves to appreciale things with which they are nol very familiar. To create beau- tiful things is an art, and an experience enjoyed by only a few people in any age, but the ap preciation of beautiful things should be as much a part of everyone's existence as breath- ing.
Furniture, of all the expressions of art: the most intimate and lived with, can add vastly to our daily enjoyment if we are happy enough to possess, or clever enough to cul- tivate, the faculty of appreciation. There is a certain quality of ar tocracy in fine furniture, and there have always been, and will be, people who naturally appreciate the charm which it adds to the beautiful interior..
Some of them are of the лenki. tive and perceptive type, decora- tors by instinet and by virtue of inherent good taste.
Right: A novel
breakfast tray M
Theirs are the homes you zu- member, the interlors with which you have warm associations, and which you feel have brought you into more intimate contact with the real personality of the women who have inspired their environ- ment,
The vogue in arranging interlop to-day is all towards informality, and the art of blending like ble things from different period in a harmony that avoids monotgay. A wall conceived house interior. la achieved by the happy blending of structural and decorative design. If the decorative elements of the composition are bo emphasised over the structural that they seem to force the structural features into the background, the blending is not happy. Decorations are actually a part of the architectural treatment, and they cannot oxist without structure.
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Select your furniture from utilitarian point of view, and whether it satisfies your sense of balance'' and beauty.' 'In this "way you will obtain furniture which "will give you comfort and aesthetic satisfaction. Your home should reflect your own character; it should be the expression, of your. Belf
50"
WIDE
MODERATELY
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at $1.75 yard
SOMETHING NEW!
ARTISTIC
PLEASING
ALWAYS TO BE FOUND
APPLE
GREEN
AND
PALE PINK,
FLOWER SPRAYS IN THE NEW.
"DALVAT" CRETONNE
FAST TO SUN
AND WASHING
40" WIDE
Priced at 80 cts. yd.
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Nursery
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