The Studio yearbook of decorative art (1906)

Interior Arrangement and Decoration

the more sunless quarters.
Ground floor rooms in
narrow streets, where oppo-
site houses conduce to
deaden the light, require
brightening as far as pos-
sible ; while rooms in open
spaces, particularly in the
country, in general admit
a comparatively subdued
colour scheme. Moreover,
in the latter case, if green
be chosen, care should be
taken that it should be
nothing approaching to a
vivid aniline that would
clash by juxtaposition
with the rich, but always
harmoniously blended, hues
of surrounding nature.

As to colour and form
in ornament, the balance
should be struck between
that which is neither too
room should, of course, be taken into account. strange on the one hand, nor yet dull and common-
Thus, one with a southern or western aspect does place on the other. Monotony is wearisome and
not require such warm tones as do rooms that face depressing, while eccentricity or excessively violent

ENTRANCE HALL DESIGNED BY W. FLOCKHART, F.R.I.R.A.

EXECUTED BY J. S. HENRY, LTD.

ENTRANCE HALL
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DESIGNED BY LEONARD F. WYBURD

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