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and chintz. They make a marvelous combination and her home was a perfect example of it.

Among Frances' objectives on this trip was to look for furniture for the home of Leila and Dewitt Wallace, founder of the Readers Digest. She knew exactly where to go to find what she might want. She bought an exquisite breakfront in Christie's, the well known auction house and gallery. In a general way, I knew that Frances was very knowledgeable about furniture and the other tools of her trade, but I was astonished to discover the extent of her expertise. In another establishment I exclaimed over a lovely and, I thought, genuine Louis XIV chair. Frances merely glanced at it and turned up her nose. "That's a bastard." she said in her characteristically forthright way. "You may as well start learning now about period furniture." She described how the proportions of the chair differed from the genuine Louis XIV. She said the color