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itself, the mandarin pieces cannot be mixed to advantage with
the earlier styles.
It is also advisable in the polychrome sections to separate
the famille verte, rose, powdered blue, mandarin, Indian
porce-
lain, etc., into their various classes, and, as far as possible,
display each in a different room, or at least to keep them
distinct one from the other. so the effect
clearly By doing,
will be found to be much better than the
very by employing
various classes
together.
No. 423 of
represents an overmantel, composed chiefly
famille verte on a of
pieces, arranged background Japanese
squares, with dark-red velvet shelves.
JNo. 424 shows a wall decoration of Indian on a
porcelain
yellow distempered ground and red velvet shelves. A some-
what similar of bine does
arrangement powdered pieces very
well on a of Indian silk.
background yellow
No. 425. An overmantel of mandarin china, chiefly egg-
shell. The smaller need more of a
pieces being background,
which in this case is formed a bamboo frame filled with
by
red and old velvet a in the
gold (and Japanese embroidery
on which the and are
centre), eggshell plates hang safely,
shown off by the dark colours at back. The better the china
the handsomer must be the background.
Some to their
people object having plates wired, when the
only plan is to arrange them on stands or racks ; but the effect
thus obtained is, as a general rule, apt to be stiffer than with
the other method. Of course, care should be taken never to
put the wires on too tightly.
A great deal depends upon the house, but in the ordinary
run of modern residences, the wired system will probably be
found to answer best.

MAKES.

So little is known with to the whole of
regard system
marking, that at present, with the exception of date-marks,
when apparently reliable, there is little or nothing to be learnt