Principles of home decoration, with practical examples . asswould be unendurable. Predominantscarlet would be like close compan-ionship with a brass band, but a noteof scarlet is one of the most valuable 8o PRINCIPLES OF HOME DECORATION of sensations. The gray compoundedof black and white would be a wetblanket to all bubble of wit or springof fancy, but the shadows of rosecolour are gray, pink-tinted it istrue; indeed the shadow of pinkused to be known by the name ofashes of roses, I remember seeing oncein Paris—that home of bad generaldecoration—a room in royal purples;purple velvet on walls,


Principles of home decoration, with practical examples . asswould be unendurable. Predominantscarlet would be like close compan-ionship with a brass band, but a noteof scarlet is one of the most valuable 8o PRINCIPLES OF HOME DECORATION of sensations. The gray compoundedof black and white would be a wetblanket to all bubble of wit or springof fancy, but the shadows of rosecolour are gray, pink-tinted it istrue; indeed the shadow of pinkused to be known by the name ofashes of roses, I remember seeing oncein Paris—that home of bad generaldecoration—a room in royal purples;purple velvet on walls, furniture, andhangings. One golden Rembrandtin the middle of a long wall, and agreat expanse of ochre-coloured par-quetted floor were all that saved itfrom the suggestion of a royal it was, I left the apartment with afeeling of treading softly as when wepass through a door hung with of this kind are remediablewhen they occur in cravats, or bon-nets, or gloves—but a room in thewrong colour! Saints and the angelspreserve us!. Q ss Jtun 4oi O03 hz o QOO a .J oo oi 6z


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