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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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You
may
devise
a
little
coverlet
for
your
own
sofa,
whether
it
be
in
your
bedroom,
your
boudoir,
or
your
dressing-room,
that
will
be
quite
as
useful
as
this
delectable
couvre-pieds.
I
saw
some
amusing
ones
recently,
made
of
gay
Austrian
silks,
lined
with
astonishing
colors
and
bound
with
puffings
and
flutings
of
ribbon
of
still
other
colors.
A
coverlet
of
this
kind
would
be
as
good
as
a
trip
away
from
home
for
the
woman
who
is
bored
and
wearied.
No
matter
how
drab
and
commonplace
her
house
might
be,
she
could
devise
a
gay
quilt
of
one
of
the
enchanting
new
stuffs
and
wrap
herself
in
it
for
a
holiday
hour.
One
of
the
most
amusing
ones
was
of
turquoise
blue
silk,
with
stiff
flowers
of
violet
and
sulphur
yellow
scattered
over
it.
The
flowers
were
quite
large
and
far
apart,
so
that
there
was
a
square
expanse
of
the
turquoise
blue
with
a
stiff
flower
at
each
corner.
The
lining
was
of
sulphur
yellow
silk,
and
the
binding
was
a
puffing
of
violet
ribbons.
The
color
fairly
made
me
gasp,
at
first,
but
then
it
became
fascinating,
and
finally
irresistible.
I
sighed
as
I
thought
of
the
dreary
patchwork
quilts
of
our
great-grandmothers.
How
they
would
have
marveled
at
our
audacious
use
of
color,
our
frank
joy
in
it!
Of
course
the
most
important
thing
in
the
dressing-room
is
the
dressing-table.
I
place
my
dressing-tables
against
a
group
of
windows,
not
near
them,
whenever
it
is
possible.
I
have
used
plate
glass
tops
on
many
of
them,
and
mirrors
for
tops
on
others,
for
you
can't
have
too
many
mirrors
or
too
strong
a
light
for
dressing.
We
must
see
ourselves
as
others
will
see
us.
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