DOI issue:
Nr. 212 (October, 1914)
DOI article:Aschermann, G. G.: "Modern" interior decoration in American Homes
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.43456#0417
“Modern' Interior Decoration in American Homes
DINING ROOM
which is also shown in a separate photograph.
The French doors between are made so that when
the owner does not wish to use them they can be
closed into a niche in the wall between the rooms
and so leave the doorway quite clear.
The sun parlour is green, no half-way green, but
of a bright emerald hue. The wood-work too is
green, and the rugs are green, bordered with gray.
The Viennese furniture is unique and most stylish;
it has been especially designed and made for this
kind of a room or for a porch, and the lines and
construction are strong and full of character, yet
each piece is light and in no way cumbersome.
The tops of the chairs, tables and settees are made
of green slats, and the legs are white; touches of
black add greatly to the general character.
The material used for the valance which runs
round the room, the seat cushions and the lamp
shades, are of an all-over design of many and
highly coloured flowers and bright green leaves on
a gray background; it is full of colour and life.
There are no hangings, just curtains of a thin,
white material which in no way obstructs the
outdoor view. The walls are of a rough, unfin-
ished plaster in a light tone of gray.
The photograph with the portieres in the fore-
ground is taken from the living room, looking
through the hall and into the dining room. The
portieres themselves are most interesting, the
same design that is appliqued on the lamp-shade
in the living room is here used as an all-over de-
sign. The material is a plain, corded gray, and the
conventional flowers are in orange with touches
of black; also there is a wide orange band at the
bottom with a narrower band of black edging that.
The other sides of the portieres, which face into
the hall, are of violet colour, the hall itself being of
the same gray wood-work as the living room, plain
straw-coloured walls, and the curtains, draperies
and furniture of violet.
It sounds impossible, this looking from a gray,
orange and green room, through a straw-colour and
violet hall, into a blue and canary yellow dining
room with black furniture! Yet the view is
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DINING ROOM
which is also shown in a separate photograph.
The French doors between are made so that when
the owner does not wish to use them they can be
closed into a niche in the wall between the rooms
and so leave the doorway quite clear.
The sun parlour is green, no half-way green, but
of a bright emerald hue. The wood-work too is
green, and the rugs are green, bordered with gray.
The Viennese furniture is unique and most stylish;
it has been especially designed and made for this
kind of a room or for a porch, and the lines and
construction are strong and full of character, yet
each piece is light and in no way cumbersome.
The tops of the chairs, tables and settees are made
of green slats, and the legs are white; touches of
black add greatly to the general character.
The material used for the valance which runs
round the room, the seat cushions and the lamp
shades, are of an all-over design of many and
highly coloured flowers and bright green leaves on
a gray background; it is full of colour and life.
There are no hangings, just curtains of a thin,
white material which in no way obstructs the
outdoor view. The walls are of a rough, unfin-
ished plaster in a light tone of gray.
The photograph with the portieres in the fore-
ground is taken from the living room, looking
through the hall and into the dining room. The
portieres themselves are most interesting, the
same design that is appliqued on the lamp-shade
in the living room is here used as an all-over de-
sign. The material is a plain, corded gray, and the
conventional flowers are in orange with touches
of black; also there is a wide orange band at the
bottom with a narrower band of black edging that.
The other sides of the portieres, which face into
the hall, are of violet colour, the hall itself being of
the same gray wood-work as the living room, plain
straw-coloured walls, and the curtains, draperies
and furniture of violet.
It sounds impossible, this looking from a gray,
orange and green room, through a straw-colour and
violet hall, into a blue and canary yellow dining
room with black furniture! Yet the view is
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