Canadian wood products industries . Per-haps the most popular at the time of writing is theWilliam and Mary design. Of this style there is somesplendid examples. With their excellent proportionsand graceful turnings they reflect credit on their sev-eral manufacturers. Walnut appears to be the pre-dominating wood for this style, although there aresome suites in mahogany and oak. Walnut is par-ticularly appropriate, mahogany is pleasing, but forthe writers taste oak is not suitable. We read about Jacobean furniture having been putout of the running for the time being, but the quantityto be seen
Canadian wood products industries . Per-haps the most popular at the time of writing is theWilliam and Mary design. Of this style there is somesplendid examples. With their excellent proportionsand graceful turnings they reflect credit on their sev-eral manufacturers. Walnut appears to be the pre-dominating wood for this style, although there aresome suites in mahogany and oak. Walnut is par-ticularly appropriate, mahogany is pleasing, but forthe writers taste oak is not suitable. We read about Jacobean furniture having been putout of the running for the time being, but the quantityto be seen seems to indicate either that it is stillpopular, or that it cannot be sold. The examples shown are mostly confined to livingroom and library pieces. Jacobean furniture nevermade a very strong hit with the ladies, their ob-jection to it being that it was difficult to dust pro-perly. That there is a certain stateliness and dignityabout Jacobean when well designed and executed can-not be denied, and it will surely win its way back to.
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