The Studio yearbook of decorative art (1906)

Interior Arrangement and Decoration

grounds for humankind,
and for the furniture and
other objects requisite for
human needs. Walls, in
a word, should never be
allowed to obtrude them-
selves into greater promin-
ence than strictly belongs
to things accessory and
subordinate.

The full number of
horizontal divisions that a
wall will admit are five—
viz., ' to enumerate them
from the top downward,
cornice, frieze, filling, dado,
and skirting. Of these the
first and last may be
regarded as fairly constant,
while of the remainder
it is rather exceptional to

dining room designed by h. e. clifford, architect gn(J more than tWO the

dado having fallen out
of favour for years past.
But there are instances

mind that any object which has its surface decor- where, as in the case of the morning-room (p. 22)
ated all over, whether it be a little box covered with by Messrs. Goodyer, an effective subdivision may
chip-carving, or a whole room ornamented from be produced by deepening the upper band and
floor to ceiling, is not nearly so telling as if part thus making a space that might, with about
only were embellished and the other part left plain equal justice, be described as a frieze or as a
for contrast. Herein consists the art of proportion, filling, with a high dado (in this case panelled)
in determining exactly the
due relationship between

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wall-surfaces is, that they

keep their place as back- dining room designed by edgar wood, a.r. i.b.a.

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