SILVER TABLES.

Manawatu Herald, 2 June 1898, Page 4

SILVER TABLES.

So Named From the Articles In Precious Metal Displayed Upon Them. Silver tablegtake their name not from the material of which, they aro mado, but from the pretty toys in silver that aro temptingly displayed upon them. These tables are, as a rule, comparatively inexpensive affairs, generally sm^ and low, sometimes made of inlaid maiTOgauy or oak and often constructed of common piue With plush or tapestry covering. The first important acquisition toward a handsome table is a silver lamp, which should be antique in form. This lamp r with a colored shade, tlirowa a glow over the curios beneath it which adds greatly to their beauty. Candlesticks, except when very little, are excluded from companionship with the small and dainty bits. Photograph, frames in rich repousse or elaborately carved silver are, however, admissible, but they must not be large, and the pictures inclosed must be very beautiful. Next in importance to the lamps and the frames are spoons of every conceivable chape and ornamented in a thousand different ways, which may be collected in foreign travel or even on a tour In one's own country. As for the other artioles that go to make up a lady's collection of this fln de siecle fad, their name is legion. Richly carved and embossed boxes, sometimes large enough to hold cigarette* and sometimes only big enough for bon* bons or crystallised leaves of violets, have a corner of their own, says a contributor to Vogue. '