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91 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

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