The woman's book : dealing practically with the modern conditions of home-life, self-support, education, opportunties, and every-day problems (1894)
New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 129
the trim, enamel paints are usedwith good effect. There are some tintsin bronze, green, and in dull blues, andIndian red, that are admirable. Sup-pose, for example, that a hall has anorth light. This suggests a warmtint. We choose a red, a red that mayrange from Indian red to reddishcream. It… … has a dado. And this dado, as shouldall dados — since the dado is for theprotection of the wall surface — willhave a rail. Thisrail should be car-ried up the stairs.Whatever the dadomay be, whetherpainted, faced withtiles, covered withstuffs or paper, itwill be of the dark-est tint of redused. If…
Women · Home Economics · Interior decoration
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