Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-04-24 | Page 26 | Panel Treatment in Home Interior Attractive

PANEL TREATMENT I IN HOME 0 illE INTERIOR ATTRACTIVE One argument i in favor faor or of paneling Is is' that It is such an entirely homelike homelike homelike home home- like scheme of wall treatment It is pleasant to live with also it has econ economical virtues which if not apparent apparent apparent ap ap- parent on the surface come to light In years ears of wear After Arter the accession of William and his queen man many new woods came carne Into prominence in England and the furniture of this period consequently shows a a. greater variety varlet Walnut was already beginning to replace the long cherished oak and with its adoption new designs in furniture were possible pos pos- sible Carving well suited to oak and seen in perfection in Elizabethan and Jacobean pieces was too heavy for tor walnut and kindred woods Mar Mar- and inlay were seen in great beauty in the newly newl adopted walnut GAVE SECRETS William brought with him from Holland HoIland Dutch craftsmen who excelled excelled excelled ex ex- celled particularly In ill and who handed no to English designers many of the ha had d been little known in England up to the time of the Dutch invasion Inlay In Inlay In- In lay which was quite a different t thi thing g. g was of earlier growth and is mentioned in a fragmentary way a as s early as Edward I Is I's day Not only did Dutch designers flock k to to England but the already alread increasing increasing ing numbers of foreign workmen were e further augmented by scores o of ot f Huguenots who escaped from France Franc e at the time of the revocation of or th the e edict of Nantes As they were mainly the o-the of the artisan class England greatly profited pr t fed In the proportion that France Franc e v Ar lost t by Louis s XI XIV's s 's Ir Ironclad n cad measure re J i J r I. a J. J t. t rf j England had already gained by the 1 Dutch and Flemish Invasion in her arts and she now gained immeasurably immeasurably immeasurably ably by the light deft touch of French designing I LONG FAMOUS The Flemings had long been famous Camous for tor their work in cane particularly In connection with the high straight chairs with backs and seats of fine carie cane webbing These chairs were well known In Charles II's Us da day and survived until Queen Annes Anne's time They underwent several changes during durIng during dur dur- ing the William and Mary period mainly in the way of an upholstered seat which when combined with a cane back gave them quite a different different dif dit- ferent appearance from the all cane chair Chairs of ot this period were varied in design and as it was at this time that the bandy or leg appeared they are well worth study stud A few years ago six chairs of ot the William and Mary period were sold In London for about 1500 It is safe sate to say that today the they would bring a higher figure They were made of walnut with high open backs carved with foliage the center splats Inlaid In the legs of the carved variety terminating termInating terminating ter ter- in claw v and ball feet LITTLE FURNITURE In a a. Jacobean hall if we choose such we need little furniture An oak table oaken expresses Jt it better belter Is one necessary thing long and narrow narrow narrow nar nar- row with heavy legs and under- under braces also several high back chairs with cane seats and back This type of ot English chair combining both Flemish and Spanish characteristics has been described man many times Its personal history has been duly chron thron- chronicled chronicled its charms ba have ve been em em- d. d J 1 I I t. t J 1 fo X