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DECORATION.
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sional table, with a cloth; and these draped tables
are generally great eyesores in an ill-arranged
room. The covers seldom harmonise, and
nowadays many hideous pieces of work are
accomplished in the name of the School of Art which
Fig. 29.
are far removed from the artistic and beautiful
designs which alone proceed from the School itself.
There indeed you may find patterns which would
go beautifully with any old-time furniture, and
which might be worked on deliciously neutral tints
of cloth or serge. But beware of staring, gaudy
