Fig. 11.each is as simple as possible, of plainest lines, but
with no pretence of elaborate sham splendour. Fig.
11 is of course only suitable for a small unassuming
room, but if the tiles were old Dutch ones and
the rest of the bedroom ware quaint blue and
white Delft, an effect of individuality and
suitability would be at once attained. Such a
fireplace would look best
in a room with
wallpaper of warm neutral
tints of rather an
old-fashioned design, and
I should like a nice
straight brass fender
in front of it almost
as flat as a kitchen
fender with delightful
possibilities of sociable
toe-toasting about it.
Such a one I came
across lately that had been "picked up" in the
far east of London. It was about eighteen
inches high, of a most beautiful simple, flat, form
with a handsome twist or scroll dividing the design
into two parts. Although blackened to disguise
by age and neglect at the time of its purchase, it
shone when I saw it, with that peculiar brilliant and
yet softened sheen which you never get except
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