The House Beautiful and Useful

1. "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.",, MORRIS JOHN LANE COMPANY NEW YORK MCMVII CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE INTRODUCTORY A SHORT SUMMARY OF A CENTURY OF APPLIED ART . . 9 CHAPTER 11. GENERAL NOTES ON DECORATION CHAPTER 111. . . . 18 CONSTRUCTIVE AND SURFACE DECOF.ATION . 29 CHAPTER IV. OLD FURNITURE . . 101 CHAPTER VI. CARPETS, LINOLEUMS, MATTINGS, FABRICS, ETC. . . 193 CHAPTER VII. HINTS TO PURCHASERS ....................