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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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I
gave
great
attention
to
the
details
of
this
room.
Under
the
simple
mantel
shelf
there
is
inset
a
small
panel
of
blue
and
white
Wedgwood.
On
the
mantel
there
are
two
jars
of
Chinese
porcelain,
and
between
them
a
bronze
jardiniere
of
the
Adam
period;
four
figures
holding
a
shallow,
oblong
tray,
which
is
filled
with
flowers.
The
lamp
on
the
center-table
is
made
of
a
hawthorn
jar,
with
a
flaring
shade.
There
are
many
low
tables
scattered
through
the
room
and
beside
every
chair
is
a
reading-lamp
easily
adjusted
to
any
angle.
The
fireplace
fittings
are
simple
old
brasses
of
the
Colonial
period.
There
is
only
one
picture
in
this
room,
and
that
is
the
portrait
of
a
long
gone
lady,
framed
in
a
carved
gilt
frame,
and
hung
against
the
huge
wall-mirror
which
is
opposite
the
fireplace
end
of
the
room.
I
believe,
given
plenty
of
light
and
air,
that
comfortable
chairs
and
good
tables
go
further
toward
making
a
living-room
comfortable
than
anything
else.
In
the
Harkness
living-room
you
will
see
this
theory
proven.
There
are
chairs
and
tables
of
all
sizes,
from
the
great
sofas
to
the
little
footstools,
from
the
huge
Italian
tables
to
the
little
table
especially
made
to
hold
a
few
flower
pots.
Wherever
there
is
a
large
table
there
is
a
long
sofa
or
a
few
big
chairs;
wherever
there
is
a
lone
chair
there
is
a
small
table
to
hold
a
reading-light,
or
flowers,
or
what
not.
The
great
size
of
the
room,
the
fine
English
ceiling
of
modeled
plaster,
the
generous
fireplace
with
its
paneled
over-mantel,
the
groups
of
windows,
all
these
architectural
details
go
far
toward
making
the
room
a
success.
The
comfortable
chairs
and
sofas
and
the
ever
useful
tables
do
the
rest.
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