The practical book of furnishing the small house and apartment . were kept ofa uniform tone throughout. Mr. Thorpe is also making a specialty of designingcolour-prints to be used as wall decoration, and, as these areof the utmost value in carrying out such schemes of colour,it is a pleasure to learn that Messrs. Brown-Robertson Co. ofNew York have been appointed American agents and thatthese prints are now on sale by them. Mr. Thorpe haskindly enabled the writer to make small reproductions oftwo prints (Plate 30). He has recently also done some ofgreater size and elaborateness, which should be
The practical book of furnishing the small house and apartment . were kept ofa uniform tone throughout. Mr. Thorpe is also making a specialty of designingcolour-prints to be used as wall decoration, and, as these areof the utmost value in carrying out such schemes of colour,it is a pleasure to learn that Messrs. Brown-Robertson Co. ofNew York have been appointed American agents and thatthese prints are now on sale by them. Mr. Thorpe haskindly enabled the writer to make small reproductions oftwo prints (Plate 30). He has recently also done some ofgreater size and elaborateness, which should be of value inhouses with more expensive furnishings. In the cottages mentioned all the furniture (Plates 31and 32) was designed by Mr. Wells in proportion to the sizeof the rooms, the principal aims being moderate cost ofproduction consistent with sound workmanship, fitness forpurpose, and ease in moving and cleaning. Painted furnitureoffers the great advantage of choice of colour. The chest ofdrawers is in grey and brown, the one wardrobe and toilet- PLATE 29.
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