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Nr. 340 (September 1925)
DOI Artikel:Ott, Horace Wesley: Synthetic decoration
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19985#0422
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INTERIOR OF MASTER S BEDROOM IN A NEW YORK APARTMENT Photo by Amemiya
assume that something similar happened to our tion of good taste. To be sure, we felt it to be an
estimate of ourselves as the heaven-sent exponents inadequate expression of the lives we were living,
of a new decorative art. But mark the conse- a rather self-conscious revival with which we were
quence! We flew straight to the period room as out of tune. But at least we could rest assured
precious food made according to the most approved that our surroundings possessed beauty and dig-
historical receipts, and, so to speak, swallowed it nity, though of a rather cold, alien sort, which,
whole, with all the unpleasant consequences with after our fevered attempts at originality, were
which we are familiar. things to be thankful for. Figuratively speaking,
Yet, in comparison with the Victorian interior, we rested, and gained confidence and poise in our
the period room was a distinct move in the direc- impeccably correct environment. In short, had
jour twenty-two
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INTERIOR OF MASTER S BEDROOM IN A NEW YORK APARTMENT Photo by Amemiya
assume that something similar happened to our tion of good taste. To be sure, we felt it to be an
estimate of ourselves as the heaven-sent exponents inadequate expression of the lives we were living,
of a new decorative art. But mark the conse- a rather self-conscious revival with which we were
quence! We flew straight to the period room as out of tune. But at least we could rest assured
precious food made according to the most approved that our surroundings possessed beauty and dig-
historical receipts, and, so to speak, swallowed it nity, though of a rather cold, alien sort, which,
whole, with all the unpleasant consequences with after our fevered attempts at originality, were
which we are familiar. things to be thankful for. Figuratively speaking,
Yet, in comparison with the Victorian interior, we rested, and gained confidence and poise in our
the period room was a distinct move in the direc- impeccably correct environment. In short, had
jour twenty-two
SEPTEMBER I 9 2 j