. The Street railway journal . e obtained replies favorableto the wheel. Car Decorations. Original Designs by E. W. Selkirk . We present herewith a set of designsfor street car decoration drawn and en-graved for the Street Railway Journal. Pig. 1 is a double ceiling design for clear-story and sides of ceiling. Each figure rep-resents two distinct designs, any combina- colors in the ornament if stenciled can beblended together. For instance, the leaf atthe butt or end of the stem will be say nearthenaturalcolor of the wood, or green withwhite and umber. Place some darker shadeand then work ligh
. The Street railway journal . e obtained replies favorableto the wheel. Car Decorations. Original Designs by E. W. Selkirk . We present herewith a set of designsfor street car decoration drawn and en-graved for the Street Railway Journal. Pig. 1 is a double ceiling design for clear-story and sides of ceiling. Each figure rep-resents two distinct designs, any combina- colors in the ornament if stenciled can beblended together. For instance, the leaf atthe butt or end of the stem will be say nearthenaturalcolor of the wood, or green withwhite and umber. Place some darker shadeand then work lighter to the end of the leaf. Pig. 2 represents a top corner ornamentand stripe for the main panel for the exte-rior of the car. Of course the stripingmay be modified, making it more or lesselaborate according to taste. Pig. 2 alsoincludes the end of the outside of a mainpanel, which may be used as indicated inthe reduced sketch. This may be useddouble, placing a complete design at eitherend and the figures in the center between. FIG. 1, DOUBLE CEILING DESIGN FOR CAR DECORATION. tion of which will harmonize. A plainfield and ornamental ctorners may be usedin the center, while the side has ornamen-tal field and plain corners, or vice will be noticed that the double lines arebands, while the circles indicate lamp cen-ters. As to the coloring and treatmentor the striping and ornaments in the ceil-ing design, the paueling will probably beof either birch, ash or oak, or at least somelight colored wood. For color there can beused all colors that will work in a transpar-ent state, mixed with gold size and varnishthat does not leave a sediment, such asverdigris, carmine, ochre, Prussian andultramarine blue, lakes of all kinds, etc.,the idea being to allow the shade of thewood or background to show through allcolors except edging colors, which can beof black, Tuscan or any opaque color. In-deed it can be of any color that suits thetaste, and will be heavier and in contrastto the
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