Decoration & furniture of town houses; a series of Cantor lectures delivered before the Society of arts, 1880, amplified and enl. (1881)
Edis, Robert W. (Robert William), 1839-1927 · New York, Scribner and Welford · leaf 224
th the general character of the decoration. The use of what is called a flatting coat, or finish -ing coat, of paint mixed with turpentine only, for wallsurfaces, so as to produce a dull flat or dead surfacewithout gloss, is, I think, a mistake, for this kind ofwork does not last when exposed to… … OF TOWN HOUSES. 173 effective if varnished, as I have before recommended.The woodwork should be painted of similar colour, asa rule, to the walls, but of much darker tone in twoshades, and the panels covered with good ornament,stencilled on, all of which is inexpensive, and addsmaterially to the…
Interior decoration · Furniture
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