esswere to conceal something, or as if it were too flimsy to lie stillexcept by force of iron: it is as a large rug laid for comfort onthe waxed parquet, which is ready to display more of its ownbeauty when the proper season arrives. Beginning with this richcarpet, with its sober tints, the eye… … LIBRAKY IN BELLEVLE HOUSE. the carpet are more fully represented in the dado, which is of anolive-golden color, with a small turquoise line on its cornice lead-ing to the main papering. This paper is of a French tapestry-pattern, in which the golden thread, which is its basis, weavesin colors that…
South Kensington Museum · Decoration and ornament · Architecture
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