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GINNERS Appropriateness.--Intelligent elimination.--Furnishings.--Colour scheme.--Small suites.--Background.--Placing rugs and hangings.--Treatment of long wall-space.--Men's rooms.--Table decoration.--Tea table.--How to train the taste, eye, and judgment. CHAPTER XXXVIII. FADS IN COLLECTING A panier fleuri collection.--A typical experience in collecting.--A "find" in an obscure American junk-shop.--Getting on the track of some Italian pottery.--Collections used as decoration.--A "find" in Spain. CHAPTER XXXIX. WEDGWOOD POTTERY, OLD AND MODERN The history of Wedgwood.--Josiah Wedgwood, the founder. CHAPTER XL. ITALIAN POTTERY Statuettes. CHAPTER XLI. VENETIAN GLASS, OLD AND MODERN Murano Museum collection.--Table-gardens in Venetian glass. IN CONCLUSION Four Fundamental Principles of Interior Decoration Re-stated. ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE I Portion of a Drawing-room, Perfect in Composition and Detail. PLATE II Bedroom in Country House. Modern Painted Furniture. PLATE III Suggestion for Treatment of a Very Small Bedroom. PLATE IV A Man's Office in Wall Street. PLATE V A Corner of the Same Office. PLATE VI Another View of the Same Office. PLATE VII Corner of a Room, Showing Painted Furniture, Antique and Modern. PLATE VIII Example of a Perfect Mantel, Ornaments and Mirror. PLATE IX Dining-room in Country House, Showing Modern Painted Furniture. PLATE X Dining-room Furniture, Italian Renaissance, Antique. PLATE XI Corner of Dining-room in New York Apartment, Showing Section of Italian Refectory Table and Italian Chairs, both Antique and Renaissance in Style. PLATE XII An Italian Louis XVI Salon in a New York Apartment. PLATE XIII Another Side of the Same Italian Louis XVI Salon. PLATE XIV A Narrow Hall Where Effect of Width is Attained by Use of Tapestry with Vista. PLATE XV Venetian Glass, Antique and Modern. PLATE XVI Corner of a Room in a Small Empire Suite. PLATE XVII An Example of Perfect Balance and Beauty in Mantel Arrangement. PLATE XVIII Corner of a Drawing-room, Furniture Showing Directoire Influence. PLATE XIX Entrance Hall in New York Duplex Apartment. Italian Furniture. PLATE XX Combination of Studio and Living-room in New York Duplex Apartment. PLATE XXI Part of a Victorian Parlour in One of the Few Remaining New York Victorian Mansions. PLATE XXII Two Styles of Day-beds, Modern Painted. PLATE XXIII Boudoir in New Yo
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