. Frank Brangwyn and his work. 1911 . ot clash with anygood scheme of colour in the walls, and more importantstill, would help you to respect the guiding principle offloor decoration—namely, that carpets and rugs must be inharmonious contrast with your walls. Ladies are very aptto forget this principle. They very often like tints thatmatch, and carry shades of the same colour throughouttheir rooms. The harmony of friendly opposition does notappeal to them as a rule—I mean in decoration. A distin-guished Belgian expert, M. H. Fidrens-Gevaert, has saidof BrangxA^ns carpets that since the great P
. Frank Brangwyn and his work. 1911 . ot clash with anygood scheme of colour in the walls, and more importantstill, would help you to respect the guiding principle offloor decoration—namely, that carpets and rugs must be inharmonious contrast with your walls. Ladies are very aptto forget this principle. They very often like tints thatmatch, and carry shades of the same colour throughouttheir rooms. The harmony of friendly opposition does notappeal to them as a rule—I mean in decoration. A distin-guished Belgian expert, M. H. Fidrens-Gevaert, has saidof BrangxA^ns carpets that since the great Persian period,no one seems to have done better in this line ; and certainlythe colours and designs mark, as it were, a new and charm-ing orientalism. One excellent piece of work is neither a carpet nor atapestry, but a beautiful wall-hanging based on the vine—its grapes, leaves, tendrils and stems, all treated with a212 < J H w Pi z < Pi w w h — >- ^ <Pi Piw w ou h JJ I w z . c X asOu designs for Hotdse Furnishing very happy appreciation for the conventionalism of applieddesign. It is quite astonishingly able—what the Frenchcall a coup de 7naitre, a master-stroke. At Paris it wasknown as a carpet, as if any person of taste in the decora-tive arts would ever wish to tread underfoot a patterningof grapes and vine-leaves. Brangwyn, of course, intendedhis work as an ornament for walls, keeping his formalarrangements of colour for his rugs and carpets. It is astonishing how reluctant many people are toaccept the logical principle that a pattern must be fit forits purpose. Even Ruskin was Early Victorian in thismatter, for he liked to walk on flower-bedecked carpets, asif roses were meant to be trodden upon. When once youaccept such an unfortunate covering for a floor, you shouldgo a step or two farther, and order a carpet covered withvegetables. Why, a sheet of blue water dappled withbattleships would be a still greater novelty, and not worsein principle. As
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