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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 67, 12 December 1907, Page 3

The NewArt-of.Fttrnistaing The art of furnishing a home with' tasteful simplicity is one with which the community as a whole has only lately becomo acquainted, and it is . wonderful how quickly knowledge of that art is spreading. Time was, and not very long a so, when people of means cheerfully invested in diningroom suites covered with horsehair, and (lrawingroom furniture gaudy with plush and gilt. Now all that has changed, and, though relics of those days still survive, for .that sort of furniture is solid and dies hard, we should have to look far to find a homo where such ugliness was a matter of choice. N The prevalence of artistic furniture does not imply extravagant or even increased expenditure. It is quite as cheap to make simple, beautiful lines as to make ornate and massive curves, and, now that New Zealand manufacturers arc able to turn out such excellent work as is seen in their shops, the cost of freight and duty is deducted, and the buyers havo the added advantage of being able to have their furniture made to suit themselves. Perhaps few people yet realise what excellent work is done in our factories, or how well it compares with expensive imported productions. We have in our showroom now furniture made 'in our own Wellington factory that equals in beauty and durability articles in a similar ftvle that we have imported, aiid our's is very much lower in price. Here, for instance, is a quartered-oak Sideboard of English manufacture, a handsome pieco of furniture, and plain to the point of severity. The cost of this is £54 10s. Near by is a Sideboard made at our own factory, plain in outline and handsome, with bevelled mirror, and simple but suitable ornamentation, as fine a piece of diningroom furniture as one could wish to have. We can turn this tut at £42 10s. BEDROOM FURNITURE. In Bedroom Furniture, the most fashionable style at present is figured oak or Sheraton in rosewood, inlaid with tulip wood. We hare imported suites at £42 10s. for Sheraton, and £22 10s. for figured oak. In our factory we make similar suites from Australian rosewood, a beautiful wood, as yet hardly known in this country, and not to bo distinguished from either European rosewood or mahogany. We could not, of .course, turn out work ':'ke this had we not skilled and experienced workmen, but we find it worth while to pay good wages for good work, and when we say that we havo in our factory men from the works of Schoolbred and of Maple, it will be understood that we have the aid of expert and experienced hands. Wo can supply Bedroom Suites of our own manufacture in Sheraton rosowood from £35 In quartered oak £18 10s. This includes a large wardrobe,. duchesso dressing-table, washstand, and two chairs. For thoso who wish to pay less than this wo make very neat and pretty suites in Kauri at prices ranging from £9 10s. This includes a marble-topped washstand. DININGROOM SUITES. Diningroom Carver Suites of Chairs are popular just now. They are so called because two of the eight chairs aro largo ones, intended to stand at each end of tho table for tho carvers. We supply these in oak, upholstered in leather, from £16 10s. We supply theso in Kauri, upholstered in leather, from £13 10s. OAK EXTENSION TABLES. Wo have also a nice stock of oak extension tables at various prices. CHESTERFIELD COUCHES. Wo wish to draw your attention to our Chesterfield Couches. Wo havo theso In saddle-bags, from £9 ss, In tapestry, from £6 15s. In pcrgnmoid, from £7 10s. In buffalo leather, from £15 15s.

THE SCOULLAR COMPANY IT#., Warehouse: 197, 199 lambton Quay. Steam and Bedding Factory; Thorndoii Quay