Furnishing the home of good taste : a brief sketch of the period styles in interior decoration with suggestions as to their employment in the homes of today (1912)
Throop, Lucy Abbot · New York : McBride, Nast · leaf 210
adation of color value, the wallshalf-way in tone between the other two. This is a safe gen-eral plan, to be varied when necessity demands. In drawing-rooms light and soft colors are usually in better harmonythan-dark ones, and a wide and beautiful choice can be madeamong Kermanshah, Kirman,… … tW :^ mm... . i i I LMHI^^^^^^^*™1 .^^^^^g| T These copies of rare old pieces of furniture are of the best. The choice of wood, the carving, the inlay, all show the highest ideals. The Chinese Chippendale table shows the pagoda effect, and the Hepplewhite desk has the charm of a secret drawer…
Interior decoration · House furnishings · Furniture -- History
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