. American homes and gardens. hich it con-tains and bearing a number which refersto a general catalogue which in time willbecome a veritable mine of information. But with collections of other kinds it isquite different and this difference createsthe dilemma which any real collector issure to encounter. One piece of advicemay be given, however, which will applyalmost universally: Keep the collectiongathered—in one place rather than have itscattered about. A wonderful collection ofearly American pottery had long been scat-tered over the whole of a very large coun-try house. The extent and beauty
. American homes and gardens. hich it con-tains and bearing a number which refersto a general catalogue which in time willbecome a veritable mine of information. But with collections of other kinds it isquite different and this difference createsthe dilemma which any real collector issure to encounter. One piece of advicemay be given, however, which will applyalmost universally: Keep the collectiongathered—in one place rather than have itscattered about. A wonderful collection ofearly American pottery had long been scat-tered over the whole of a very large coun-try house. The extent and beauty of theold earthenware and china was not realized,even by the owner herself, until it had beenbrought together and tastefully arranged innumerous small cupboards which lined thewalls of a dining-room and which extendedfrom the paneled wainscoting to the ratherlow ceiling. Behind the glass doors withtheir delicate white muntins in an old colon-ial pattern, the really beautiful old objectsseem to assume a new beauty by reason. DEXTER TABLE IXansack all New England andyouwill not find better examples0/ the fine old, distinctly NewEngland, furniture than themodels made by us. AAA PLYMOUTHDUXBURYSTANDISHBREWSTERWINDSORBRADFORD 3. ft and .ft ft! WESTCOTT CHAIRS Straight <S Rocking
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