. International studio. ld be calledChippendale. The table is of the quaint oldbutterfly type, closely akin to the gate-leg, itsleaves supported by hinged brackets instead ofby hinged extra legs. Such a table might be assigned to severalperiods, but this, happily, is not necessary,since it dwells in perfect accord on its own simplevirtues. In its place there might be a gate-legtable and on either side of it might be chairsquite different, yet similar in spirit to the twowhich appear. One might be an upholsteredwing reading chair, Queen Anne by ancestry;the other might be a high-backed Jacobean

. International studio. ld be calledChippendale. The table is of the quaint oldbutterfly type, closely akin to the gate-leg, itsleaves supported by hinged brackets instead ofby hinged extra legs. Such a table might be assigned to severalperiods, but this, happily, is not necessary,since it dwells in perfect accord on its own simplevirtues. In its place there might be a gate-legtable and on either side of it might be chairsquite different, yet similar in spirit to the twowhich appear. One might be an upholsteredwing reading chair, Queen Anne by ancestry;the other might be a high-backed Jacobean

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. International studio. ld be calledChippendale. The table is of the quaint oldbutterfly type, closely akin to the gate-leg, itsleaves supported by hinged brackets instead ofby hinged extra legs. Such a table might be assigned to severalperiods, but this, happily, is not necessary,since it dwells in perfect accord on its own simplevirtues. In its place there might be a gate-legtable and on either side of it might be chairsquite different, yet similar in spirit to the twowhich appear. One might be an upholsteredwing reading chair, Queen Anne by ancestry;the other might be a high-backed Jacobean.It would not matter so long as they were com-fortable, covered in harmonious fabrics and not soinsistent in their character as to demand certainaccompanying furnishings. In such an interior as this there is a pleasantlatitude. Furniture in the styles of Williamand Mary and Queen Anne could exist on friendlyterms with certain Jacobean pieces. Heremight be a low-boy. and certainly an odd bench On the Ideal of Informality. THE IDEAL OF INFORMALITY DEMANDS NO ARBITRARY INSISTENCE ON IDENTITY IN PERIOD STYLE and stool, and a dignified old sec-retary desk might stand in one corner. No one piece of furniture, in theproperly considered informal interior,is either essential or non-essential.The necessity lies in the direction ofcommon sense and generosity; thenegligible quantity is arbitrary in-sistence upon matched pieces. Another interior is shown in whichthe architectural manner, althoughobviously more assuming than thatof the first, is yet in no sense dicta-torial in the matter of style. Thefurniture might be Gothic, Tudor,Elizabethan, Jacobean, Carolean orRenaissance Italian or Spanish, with