The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . hades in these colors tend to produce just the effects we desire for ourrestful room. Keeping in mind the degree of richness contained in the bindings, wckey the color of the woodwork, rugs and draperies to blend with them andto enhance tiiem, and by substituting different color tones in these mate-rials we soon find whether or not one becomes too strong for the hack-groimd. .Should the collection of books be old or \aluablc. a choice of wood pan-elled walls would prove the most beautiful, .selected oak, walnut, cypressor cedar are
The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . hades in these colors tend to produce just the effects we desire for ourrestful room. Keeping in mind the degree of richness contained in the bindings, wckey the color of the woodwork, rugs and draperies to blend with them andto enhance tiiem, and by substituting different color tones in these mate-rials we soon find whether or not one becomes too strong for the hack-groimd. .Should the collection of books be old or \aluablc. a choice of wood pan-elled walls would prove the most beautiful, .selected oak, walnut, cypressor cedar are unsurpassed for giving a rich and mellow tone to the beauty in the color of the natural wood and the varying of thegrain is practically unlimited. With handsome leather bindings, thesewoofis in the waxed finish a])pear wonderfully attracti\e. The divisionof the wall-surface into ])anels lends a particular interest, creating as itiloes a definite scale relation with the other areas, openings, and division>. 90 THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER. A SAX FRAWISCO ARCHITECTS LIBRARY ^^ *Xr^^ agga / jzl ^\j.: ^^^^^^^^ M^^^ - /.I 1 ^ 1 W| 1 It i ?» ^^il^^ • f |iffll *•* r^ ih. ^•i» il: !if j r-. , If ;.*^ k^imm ^R iB ^\ .^ IlhL - ^• giti UK ^u^^iouIHmL^^H Th .fl 1*^:2^*^ ig/M i^-1^ f \\ ^BB =^^^P^^*-1 fT -*-2^- ^3^ ^^S-^ir- Fj///^^ ?*^- i^ ^1^ ^r% r^> ? ??1 11 ^^^?i ^a^ ^ *?;,«-* ^ i ?^9^^ K^ ^•>^^4^J ^ ^^^* ^tl ? i*^ LIBRARY AND ROOM, RliSIPHWF. OF MR. nVXCAV McDVFFlEJohn Galen Architect THE ARCHITECT AND EXGIXEER 91 These panel moldings seem to repeat the vertical lines set by the rows ofbooks and this adds another note of harmony. Another pleasing effect is obtained by using a series of large panelsreaching nearly to the ceiling. This scheme could be used when the book-cases are built low. These panels are covered with fabric or paper of acolor and texture consistent with the style of the bindings. A damask orarmure in a subdue
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