Instructions for the adornment and embellishment of dwelling houses: entitled interior decoration, illustrated with numerous designs and examples of appropriate colours in chromo-lithography / by Owen W. Davis. (1886)
Owen W. Davis · Winsor & Newton · leaf 54
of the chair-rail, is not always an easy detail to strike happily ; either it looks too strong or too peevish in form or colour. It will be found advantageous to paint a few on canvas, and ‘‘offerup’’ for selection before going too far with one pattern. A picture is either improved or injured by… … be painted in a brighter tint of the filling next above it, whilst the leaves may partake of the hue of the dado; the border ground may be a light or dark tone of the leaf and flower colour, combined to an agree- able tint ; a few telling lines being added to accentuate the leading forms. If a…
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