The art of interior decoration . 3 ^3 C<2 ?<^ ^. Treatment of Pictures and Frames 95 either subservient to the picture, or if of equalvalue as to colour, that they harmonise perfectlywith the picture in mind. We v^ere recently shown a painting giving aview of Central Park from the Plaza Hotel,New York, under a heavy fall of snow, in thelate afternoon, when the daylight still lingered,although the electric lights had begun to spanglethe scene. The prevailing tone was a delicate,opalescent white, shading from blue to mauve,and we were told that one of our leading decora-tors intended to ha
The art of interior decoration . 3 ^3 C<2 ?<^ ^. Treatment of Pictures and Frames 95 either subservient to the picture, or if of equalvalue as to colour, that they harmonise perfectlywith the picture in mind. We v^ere recently shown a painting giving aview of Central Park from the Plaza Hotel,New York, under a heavy fall of snow, in thelate afternoon, when the daylight still lingered,although the electric lights had begun to spanglethe scene. The prevailing tone was a delicate,opalescent white, shading from blue to mauve,and we were told that one of our leading decora-tors intended to hang it in a blue room which hewas furnishing for a New York client. Etchings are at their best with other etchings,engravings or water colours, and should be hungin rooms flooded with light and delicately fur-nished. The crowding of walls with pictures is alwaysbad; hang only as many as furnish the walls, andhave these on a line with the eye and when thepictures vary but slightly in size make a pointof having either the tops of the frames or thebottom
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