American homes and gardens . is is height-ened by the white-enameled two davenports are good, andare well placed, the tables andchairs are excellent, the pictures arewell hung, and the fireplace, which the other or both are absent. InFig. 1 we may see the effect of reallygood, well-selected furniture in apoor architectural setting. In we have just the reverse condition—poorly selected furniture in afairly good architectural setting;and in Figs. 3 and 4 examples whereboth furniture and architecture arehopelessly bad. Now, it makes nodifference whether we place a sofahere and a ch
American homes and gardens . is is height-ened by the white-enameled two davenports are good, andare well placed, the tables andchairs are excellent, the pictures arewell hung, and the fireplace, which the other or both are absent. InFig. 1 we may see the effect of reallygood, well-selected furniture in apoor architectural setting. In we have just the reverse condition—poorly selected furniture in afairly good architectural setting;and in Figs. 3 and 4 examples whereboth furniture and architecture arehopelessly bad. Now, it makes nodifference whether we place a sofahere and a chair there in any ofthese four interiors, there is no usein bothering our heads about them,in fact, other than as negativeobject-lessons, for nothing we coulddo now would make them success-ful interiors. The premises arewrong at the start, and the soonerwe begin all over again in suchcases the better. The elements must be in Hugo says in Les Mise-rables that Napoleon thought theelements were in accord upon the. 2—Poor Furniture in a Good Architectural Setting November, 1906 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 301
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