House decoration : comprising whitewashing, paperhanging, painting, etc. (1897)
Hasluck, Paul N. (Paul Nooncree), 1854-1931 · London ; Paris ; Melbourne : Cassell · leaf 27
e tones to lighten towards the ceiling ; but thedeepest tones should be darker than the general wall-colour. Fig. 8 shows a scheme for colouring. Do not fritter time away in putting twenty coloursand shades into one cornice ; the eye cannot appreciateit, and the effect is lost. To ordinary view, it… … Fig. 9.—Cornice Colourings, after Owen Jones. here quoted from the late Owen Jones :— It is evidentthat (in Fig. 9) as the object must be to cause a to advance,it is here we must put the yellow, both from its positionand from its form. On the contrary, we place blue at cas the retiring colour, and…
House painting · Paperhanging · Interior decoration
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