Form, in flower arrangement, 353

in furniture, 79

in glassware, 324

in house exteriors, 178

in landscaping, 135, 138

in pictures, 385

in silver, 326

mistakes in, 7
Formal balance, 55, 227
Formal houses, 135, 182
Formal landscaping, 132, 135
Formal table cloths, 328
Formal table service, 315, 317
Formality, 3, 4, 6, 315
Foundation planting, 129
Fraktur work, 96
Fragonard, 448
Fragrance, 141
Frames for pictures, 396
France, 98, 112, 393, 428, 429, 435, 446,

462, 469

Franklin, Benjamin, 467
Franklin stoves, 457
French architects, 109, 462, 469
French artists, 393, 446
French Baroque style, 81, 446
French Colonial house, 70, 92
French Directoire style, 217, 469
French Empire style, 469
French houses, 70
French influence, 70
French Neo-Qassic style, 82, 462,469
French Norman house, 70, 92
French Provincial style, 98,217
French Regency style, 448
French Renaissance style, 435
French Revolution, 467, 469
French Rococo style, 81,448
French rugs, 266
French wall paper, 201
Frieze carpet, 272
Front door, 129
Front entrance, 182
Front yard, 129
Fruit arrangements, 330, 3<52
Fruitwood, 469
Function, 110, 169

determines form, 110

in furniture arrangement, 228

INDEX 493

Function, in gardens, 125, 127, 130, 131

in houses, 152, 153

in wall design, 161
Functional style, 107
Functionalism, 2, 7
Fur rugs, 268

Furnishing a room, 416, 417, 418
Furnishing budgets, 218, 219, 220
Furnishing costs, 213-220
Furniture, see also Traditional (or pe
riod) furniture

anchored, 232

arrangement of, 52, 55, 227-238

beauty in, 245

carpenter-made, 245

choice of style in, 245

comfortable, 246

construction of, 248, 249, 250

contemporary, 115

costs of, 215-217

cottage, 93-100

double-purpose, 245

expressiveness in, 79

groups of, 57, 222, 223, 228

high-medium-cost, 217

homemade, 215

in pairs, 164,227,231,232

inexpensive, 215

low-cost, 215

low-medium-cost, 216

materials for, 251-256

metal, 256

mobility of, 246

Modern, 115

non-period, 63

outdoor, 130, 246, 257

oversize, 257

overstuffed, 250

patterns of, 229

peasant, 91

period, 78-81

plastic, 256

provincial, 91-100

remodeled, 257

second-hand, 215, 257

style in, 245

suites of, 243, 244, 246, 462

tall, 228, 233, 257

unit, 245