CHARM OF ANTIQUITY

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 919, 12 March 1930, Page 6

CHARM OF ANTIQUITY

Much has been said, and will doubtless continue to be said, about the quaint air and traditional charm of antique furniture. Nevertheless, the fact remains proven and true —the pureness of line, and the utter simplicity of this type of furniture, is as appropriate for the small house in the counry as the apartment in town, when this subdued effect is desired. Fine old highboys, prim four-posters, with or without canopies, and handsome chests, are all available in this day and age in finely-made reproductions. The illustration sketched above shows one view of a charmingly simple bedroom. The four-poster bed of solid

maple and maple veneer has grace and distinction. A lowboy of solid maple is used as a dressing-table when accompanied by a triple mirror with a solid maple or mahogany frame. The rush-seated bench is also obtainable in maple or iflahogahy. A bedspread with a design may be used, if preferred to a plain one, since the walls are monotone. Patchwork quilts and coverlets, machine or hand made, seem most suitable for a bed- 1 room furnished and decorated in this Old World manner. If a patterned wallpaper were used, it would, of course, be wiser to have the spread plain, for nothing is so disturbing in a room as too much design.