1. "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.", MORRIS JOHN LANE COMPANY NEW YORK MCMVII CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE INTRODUCTORY A SHORT SUMMARY OF A CENTURY OF APPLIED ART . . 9 CHAPTER 11. GENERAL NOTES ON DECORATION CHAPTER 111. . . . 18 CONSTRUCTIVE AND SURFACE DECOF.ATION . 29 CHAPTER IV. OLD FURNITURE . . 101 CHAPTER VI. CARPETS, LINOLEUMS, MATTINGS, FABRICS, ETC. . . 193 CHAPTER VII. HINTS TO PURCHASERS ....................