91

HEPPLEWHITE 97

SHERATON 103

A GENERAL TALK 111

GEORGIAN FURNITURE 135

FURNISHING WITH FRENCH FURNITURE 149

COUNTRY HOUSES 159

THE NURSERY AND PLAY-ROOM 169

CURTAINS 175

FLOORS AND FLOOR COVERINGS 185

THE TREATMENT OF WALLS 195

ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING 209

PAINTED FURNITURE 221

SYNOPSIS OF PERIOD STYLES AS AN AID IN BUYING FURNITURE 231

_The Illustrations_

A modern dining-room _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE
Italian Renaissance fireplace and overmantel, modern 8

Doorways and pilaster details, Italian Renaissance 9

Two Louis XIII chairs 22

A Gothic chair of the fifteenth century 23

A Louis XIV chair 32

Louis XIV inlaid desk-table 33

Louis XIV chair with underbracing 33

A modern French drawing-room 40

A drawing-room, old French furniture and tapestry 41

Early Louis XIV chair 44

Louis XV _bergere_ 44

Louis XVI bench 45

Louis XVI from Fontainebleau 50

American Empire bed 51

An Apostles bed of the Tudor period 60

Adaptation of the style of William and Mary to dressing table 61

Reproduction of Charles II chair 61

Living-room with reprodu