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Show Hints. ' Figured deal, consisting of the amber variegated dark parts of the wood, associated associat-ed with the delicate white and softer parts, is being introduced into furniture by some of our cabinetmakers. The wood is simply polished and varnished. The application is by no means new, for in the room used for cabinet meetings in the royal palace at Berlin the wood work is of this material, and so handsome is the effect produced that visitors usually suppose that it is some fine and rare exotic wood. It is a singular fact that in England there earue a time when the wainscoting itself of an apartment was considered "mean" if not covered with tapestry and painted cloth, although it consisted of British oak and polished red fir from Sweden. The idea of rich hangings being employed to conceal decoration has something humorous humor-ous about it. Later, in 1316, came the painting of wainscots. A record of that time states that the subjects were "from sacred and profane history;" this, of course in the dwellings of the wealthy. The wainscot usually rose only some six feet, and the upper portion of the wall was a virtual frieze, being "frequently starred with roses, whilst tho borders were of different patterns." pat-terns." Up to 1613 green, red and tawny colors were those chiefly used in the distemper dis-temper decoration. Some of the frieze pieces were landscapes.. ...... Probably the simplest way of waxing a floor is to apply a mixture of wax and turpentine. tur-pentine. The pores wiil be filled up and a surface given which only needs rubbing with a lmen cloth forming the exterior of a woolen roll to secure the desired luster Decorator and Furnisher. luater.- |