DOI Heft:
Nr. 77 (August 1899)
DOI Artikel:An experiment in the application of japanese ornament to the decoration of an english house
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19232#0201
Mr. Mortimer Menftes House
VIEW OF THE STUDIO AT 25 CADOGAN GARDENS
ment may be formed from the photographs which
accompany this article. Probably no more favour-
able example could be found than this remarkable
house of the adaptation of Japanese ornament,
although it must not be thought that the experi-
ment exemplifies all that is to be said upon the
subject. Mr. Menpes, by his free application of
gold and colours and by his display in European
fashion of numerous ornaments, has rather gone
beyond Japanese custom in domestic interiors, but
in doing so he has not acted unadvisedly, as he has
wished to adapt from rather than slavishly imitate
the prototype.
The decoration of the ceilings and wall-surfaces
deserve first attention. Houses in Japan being
usually entirely constructed of wood, the ceilings
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VIEW OF THE STUDIO AT 25 CADOGAN GARDENS
ment may be formed from the photographs which
accompany this article. Probably no more favour-
able example could be found than this remarkable
house of the adaptation of Japanese ornament,
although it must not be thought that the experi-
ment exemplifies all that is to be said upon the
subject. Mr. Menpes, by his free application of
gold and colours and by his display in European
fashion of numerous ornaments, has rather gone
beyond Japanese custom in domestic interiors, but
in doing so he has not acted unadvisedly, as he has
wished to adapt from rather than slavishly imitate
the prototype.
The decoration of the ceilings and wall-surfaces
deserve first attention. Houses in Japan being
usually entirely constructed of wood, the ceilings
r73