COMFORT AND GRACE IN WILLOW FURNITURE


form just the right sort of relief among the
wood pieces, and introduce a light, graceful
note that helps to keep, as it were, the artis-
tic balance, preventing the room from tak-
ing on too serious an air.
  With a material so pliant and sympathetic
as willow, there seems practically no end to
the variety of design and shape into which
it can be coaxed. Naturally, therefore, as
we found so much appreciation of our wil-
low pieces and as our friends seemed to de-


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AT THE TABLE: ITS PROPORTIONS ENABLE ONE
TO GET ALL THE REST POSSIBLE; AT THE SAME TIME
IT IS NOT OVER LUXURIOUS, SO THAT IT LENDS ITSELF
TO READING AND WORKING, AND IS JUST SUITED TO
THE LIFE OF MANY BUSY 'PEOPLE.


THIS WILLOW CHAIR IS SUITED TO ALMOST ANY ROOM
AND WILL HARMONIZE WITH PRACTICALLY ALL KINDS
OF FURNITURE: IT IS LARGE ENOUGH FOR LOUNGING
AND COMPACT ENOUGH FOR WORKING AND CAN BE
FINISHED WITH COLOR AND MATERIAL SUITED TO ITS
SURROUNDINGS.
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THIS STURDY LOOKING WILLOW CHAIR SEEMS IN-
TENDED FOR SOME COZY FIRESIDE, FOR ITS BACK IS
HIGH ENOUGH TO SHUT OUT POSSIBLE DRAUGHTS
AND TO EMPHASIZE THE COMFORTABLE SECLUSION OF
THE HEARTH.
sire fresh designs from time to time, we
now and then add new chairs and settles
that seem to us improvements over the old,
or that embody new features of convenience
and beauty. Some of these recent models
we are illustrating here.
  As the photographs show, they are all
comparatively simple, built along the same
sturdy lines that characterize our oak furni-
ture. At the same time, the willow has been
so woven as to include certain openwork
effects, which, combined with the interest of
texture, color and general outline, prove
unusually decorative and graceful. In every