Dresser, Christopher · London : and New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 101
f broad.* A room of a slightly more decorative character would be produced by making the lower three feet of the wall of a different colour (by forming a dado) from the upper part of the wall : thus, if the other parts of the room were coloured as in the example just given, the lower three feet… … eighths of the red or chocolate. I like the formation of a dado, for it affords an opportunity of giving apparent stability to the wall by making' its lower portion dark ; and furniture is invariably much improved by being seen against a dark back- ground. The occupants of a room always look better…
Decoration and ornament
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