Don Mills, Ont. : Southam-MacLean Publications · leaf 487
fact that the useof color and color combinations in householddecorations must to a greater or less degreeexpress the emotional interests in life of thenation originating those combinations, just as in Hol-land, the gray land of intense people, the houses arepainted warm reddish brown and the sails… … or less artificial, the most delicate color tints andcombinations of harmonies have originated. Thepresent craze for color or for black and white in juxta-position with color sprang out of the interests of theHungarian and Austrian peasants, whose lives are dulland whose temperament is quicksilver.…
Furniture industry and trade · Woodworking industries
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