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                                Plate XXXI.
  This is a design for the side of a room in the Louis Quatorze style.
The popularity of this style may be in        a great measure traced to the
anxiety for French furniture which the wealthy in this country have for
some time past evinced.    The particular subject of our present design is
the
palm leaf panel, with the bouquet vignette painted in enamel. The old Sevres
china was frequently introduced by the French decorator of the seventeenth
century, both in the furniture and in the usual household decoration.   In
the
execution of the design we have presented to our readers, the panel should
be made white, the stile and band green.        The leaves of the ornament
should be arranged in an easy, flowing manner, avoiding all appearance of
stiffness, and may be gilt or picked out with tints and gilding         at
the
pleasure of the employer.
                                Plate XXXII.
Is a design for a ceiling in the Elizabethan style.   In the execution of
this
and similar designs it is of the first importance that it should be accurately
laid out.  This is, in fact, the most difficult part of the work.   The orna-
ment should be finished in gilt, and picked out in contrasted tints.