Our homes, and how to beautify them . r OUR HOMES, THE DINING ROOM CARPET. T N a dining room a soft, thick carpet is indispensable—a Turkey or a A\ilton forchoice. The noise of servants moving about has to be deadened as muchas possible. Nothing is so distracting and prejudicial to conversation—and adinner without conversation is like carousing with empty bottles—as the clatter ofwaiters, and the sound of their feet as they hurry about the room. Consideringhow much of the carpet is covered by the extending table, the pattern of thecentral part is not a matter of any great moment. The two point
Our homes, and how to beautify them . r OUR HOMES, THE DINING ROOM CARPET. T N a dining room a soft, thick carpet is indispensable—a Turkey or a A\ilton forchoice. The noise of servants moving about has to be deadened as muchas possible. Nothing is so distracting and prejudicial to conversation—and adinner without conversation is like carousing with empty bottles—as the clatter ofwaiters, and the sound of their feet as they hurry about the room. Consideringhow much of the carpet is covered by the extending table, the pattern of thecentral part is not a matter of any great moment. The two points which must. FIG. 66. ATJAITEIJ FKOM A LAT1£ i8tH CENTURY DKESSEK. be regarded as cardinal are (i) thickness and (2) colour. For since the carpetis the foundation of your whole scheme, it must be strong and rich andharmonious. The special merit of a Turkey is that it goes with almost anydining room scheme; and its blues and greens and reds are never may, however, be desirable to l)ring your carpet more into line with yourselected treatment. In that case the treatment itself must be considered as a
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