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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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I
like
the
long
flat
tables
or
small
desks
much
better
than
the
huge
roll-top
affairs
or
the
heavy
desks
built
after
the
fashion
of
the
old
armoire.
If
the
room
is
large
enough,
a
secretary
after
an
Eighteenth
Century
model
will
be
a
beautiful
and
distinguished
piece
of
furniture.
I
have
such
a
secretary
in
my
own
sitting-room,
a
chest
of
drawers
surmounted
by
a
cabinet
of
shelves
with
glass
doors,
but
I
do
not
use
it
as
a
desk.
I
use
the
shelves
for
my
old
china
and
porcelains,
and
the
drawers
for
pamphlets
and
the
thousand
and
one
things
that
are
too
flimsily
bound
for
bookshelves.
Of
course,
if
one
has
a
large
correspondence
and
uses
one's
home
as
an
office,
it
is
better
to
have
a
large
desk
with
a
top
which
closes.
I
prefer
tables,
and
I
have
them
made
big
enough
to
hold
all
my
papers,
big
enough
to
spread
out
on.
There
are
dozens
of
enchanting
small
desks
that
are
exactly
right
for
guest-rooms,
the
extremely
feminine
desks
that
come
from
old
France.
One
of
the
most
fascinating
ones
is
copied
from
a
bureau
de
toilette
that
belonged
to
Marie
Antoinette.
In
those
days
the
writing
of
letters
and
the
making
of
a
toilet
went
together.
This
old
desk
has
a
drawer
filled
with
compartments
for
toilet
things,
powders
and
perfumes
and
patches,
and
above
this
vanity-drawer
there
is
the
usual
shelf
for
writing,
and
compartments
for
paper
and
letters.
The
desk
itself
suggests
brocade
flounces
and
powdered
hair,
so
exquisitely
is
it
constructed
of
tulipwood
and
inlaid
with
other
woods
of
many
colors.
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