The art of interior decoration . Example of a Perfect Man-tel, Ornaments and Mirror. Character of Textiles Used 59 black and buff in it, or should your chintz begrey with a design in faded blues and violets anda touch of black, make curtains of the chintz,and cover one large chair, keeping the sofa andthe remaining chairs grey, with the borderingfringe, or gimp, in one or two of the othershades, sofa cushions and the lamp shades inblues and violets (lining lamp shades with thinpink silk), and use a little black in the borderingfringe. If you decide upon a very brilliant chintz useit only in on
The art of interior decoration . Example of a Perfect Man-tel, Ornaments and Mirror. Character of Textiles Used 59 black and buff in it, or should your chintz begrey with a design in faded blues and violets anda touch of black, make curtains of the chintz,and cover one large chair, keeping the sofa andthe remaining chairs grey, with the borderingfringe, or gimp, in one or two of the othershades, sofa cushions and the lamp shades inblues and violets (lining lamp shades with thinpink silk), and use a little black in the borderingfringe. If you decide upon a very brilliant chintz useit only in one chair, a screen, or in a valance overplain curtains with straps to hold them back, orperhaps a sofa cushion. Whether a chintz isbright or dull, its pattern is important. As withsilks, brocaded in different colours, thereforenever use chintz where a chair or sofa calls fortufting. A tufted piece of furniture alwayslooks best done in plain materials. In using a chintz in which both colour anddesign are indefinite, the kind which gives moreor less an impression of faded tapestry,
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