Sparrow, Walter Shaw, 1862- · London, Hodder and Stoughton · leaf 292
d ah, what things in the treatment of a simpleroom, cries an artist with the enthusiasm of his calling ; suchvariety within simplicity, such common sense, and proportion,and beauty and usefulness. But to all of this, very often, thesoul of a household is dull, blind, utterly heedless. Mr.… … D ROOMS AND THEIR DECORATION repetitions of ugly and tiresome forms. But if we were asked tochoose for a bedroom a wall decoration, what should we say ?What would you think and select ? In Mr. Brangwyns design there is painting, not hung up ingold frames against a background of wall-paper, but made…
Architecture, Domestic · Interior decoration
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