TILES FOR DECORA TIVE EFFECT 421
Ideal heads, modellings of child and female forms, and
designs after paintings may with propriety be placed in the
parlor; portrait tiles and plastic sketches, in the library

game and sporting tiles, in the
dining-room or hall ; while
designs of a more general
character, such as pastoral and
season panels, may, with good
taste, be hung in any part of
the house.
Art tiles may also be util-
ized in other ways for interior
decoration.  A  good effect
may be obtained by attaching
a set of three framed panels
to the woodwork of the man-
tel facing, a vertical design
being hung or nailed on each
side and a horizontal one
across the top.   When so
utilized, the tile frames should
harmonize, in material and
carvimg-, with the background*
By thus applyincr esthetic
principles to the preparation
of art tiles for interior decora-
tion, incongruous combina-
tions of colors and materials,

222.-THREL-TILE PANEL    TW1-
LIGHT."  BLUE GLAZE, CREAM
WHITE FRAME. UNITED STATES
ENCAUSTIC TILE WORKS. DE-
SIGNEI) BY Miss Ru11i WINTER-
BOTS1AM.
which detract from      the

beauty of the objects themselves, are avoided and we
have genuine works of art which are creditable alike to