. Houses for town or country. THE INFLUENCE OF L ART NOUVEAU old-fashioned bedstead built of hard wood in slenderbars, each bar turned in the length into an appear-ance of a string of beads, and the old-fashioneddouble bed as modified by very recent tendencies ofIart nouveau. And yet in almost all there is evi-dence that the room is intended for use as a sitting-room, the room where the proprietress receives herlady friends to an indefinite extent. A large bedroom with all its accessories may bequite a model apartment With its ample fireplaceready for immediate action; its long and low mantel-
. Houses for town or country. THE INFLUENCE OF L ART NOUVEAU old-fashioned bedstead built of hard wood in slenderbars, each bar turned in the length into an appear-ance of a string of beads, and the old-fashioneddouble bed as modified by very recent tendencies ofIart nouveau. And yet in almost all there is evi-dence that the room is intended for use as a sitting-room, the room where the proprietress receives herlady friends to an indefinite extent. A large bedroom with all its accessories may bequite a model apartment With its ample fireplaceready for immediate action; its long and low mantel- 182 THE BEDROOM. A BEDROOM UNDER THE EAVES shelf with objets dart ranged along it, pieces whichare perhaps a shade less effective as decorations thanthose which the dining-room mantelpiece would de-mand; its toilet table and large glass, and its addi-tional Psyche glass in which the whole skirt may beviewed even to the floor; its dainty little stand havingtwo little drawers and yet capable of being movedabout the room ; its writing table, large enough, solidenough for the hasty notes to friends which the occu-pant may choose to indite without going to the 183 HOUSES FOR TOWN OR COUNTRY library below; the fixed seat in the deep-seated win-dow and the abundant lighting from at least twosides, we have the make-up of a charming room fordaily life. On page 185 is shown a bedroom of a type now abit old-fashioned. Here, with the complete set offurniture in a variety of white enamel ware, the wooditself concealed under the uniform coat of milkygloss, a method of adornment which is extended tothe mantelpiece,
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