492 INDEX

Fiberless fabrics, 284
Fibers, 256, 268, 284
Field flowers, 372
Figurines, 341
Financing a house, 150
Finish, for furniture, 255, 257

for interiors, 195-208
Finland, 109, 112
Finnish Modern style, 217
Fir, 253

Fireplace equipment, 340, 449, 468
Fireplaces, 161, 169, 231, 235, 343

and furniture arrangement, 227, 228,

232, 233

Fish as decorative notes, 342
Fixtures, 305

Flanders, 98, 283, 433, 436, 438
Flat flower arrangements, 355
Flat woven rugs, 271
Flatware, 315, 326, 327
Flexwood, 196
Flint glass (crystal), 323
Floor coverings, 265-276
Floor plans, 52, 53, 154, 159, 229
Floors, 197, 205, 207, 471
Floral patterns, 285
Florence, 69, 318, 432, 435, 445
Florida, 95
Florists, 372

Flower arrangement and flower arrange-
ments, 351-376

accessories for, 363

as an art, 351

balance in, 356

Chinese, 351

color in, 354, 365, 370

combination, 357

containers for, 364, 365

crescent, 357

definition of, 351

dried materials in, 361

European, 351

exhibitions of, 374

flat, 355, 357

florists', 372

foliage and, 360

form, 353, 365

fruit and, 362

horizontal, 355

Flower arrangement and flower
arrangements, 351-382

Japanese, 351, 358

judging of, 375

line in, 353, 357, 363

mass types of, 357

miniature, 358

Modern, 358, 360, 365, 370

mood in, 352, 370

period styles in, 358, 370, 372

personality in, 370

placement of, 370, 371

point-scoring of, 375

proportion in, 355

reading references, 376

rhythm, 355

scale, 371

stands for, 366

stem holders for, 366

summary of, 369

tall, 355

texture in, 353, 364

theme in, 352, 363

triangular, 357

types of, 357, 358

weed and, 361

wreaths, 373
Flowers, 135, 140, 141, 359

care of, 359, 361

for cutting, 131, 372

in gardens, 132,140, 372

potted, 373

pressing, 361

sources of, 372

wild, 372

Fluorescent light, 303
Focal point, 132, 356, 360; see also Gen

ter of interest
Foliage arrangements, 360
Fontaine, Pierre, 469
Food and dishes, 317, 321, 329
Foot-candles, 303
Foot-stool'covers, Victorian, 473
Ford, .Henry, preservations by, 64
Foreground landscaping, 127, 129
Form, 12

and function, 7

in accessories, 338

in chinaware. 321