DOI article:
On the interior arrangement and decoration of the house
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19423#0042
Interior Arrangement and Decoration
wood staircase by Messrs. John Orr &
Sons (p. 13), where the newels of the
lower stage form piers to carry the arches
underneath the landing. The walls of
this hall and the soffits of the arches are
panelled to match.
Again, the effect of a somewhat low
wainscot is shown in the large billiard-
room (p. 50) designed by Mr. J. D.
Webster, F.R.I.B.A., of Sheffield. The
panelling is of crown Austrian oak, fumed
and polished ; while the pilasters, cornice
and ceiling are executed in fibrous plaster
in high relief.
Another work by Messrs. Liberty
(p. 16) represents a dining-room carried
out in a free rendering of Elizabethan
style. The oak-panelling, as compared
with the last example, is higher, rising
up as it does to the bottom of the frieze
It is broken at intervals by wooden
pilasters, the line of the ornament intersect
ing the frieze and meeting the moulded ribs
of the ceiling in such a way as to have the
corner of a morning room designed and executed appearance of bracket supports. Thewhole
by liberty & co., ltd. arrangement gives the effect of a careful
and coherent scheme of decoration,
entrance-hall for a country house, which was carried However different in detail, the same root-idea
out by Messrs. Maple (p. 4). of structural formation underlies the design of the
The hall staircase, being an indispensable feature Dutch room (p. 21) by Messrs. Story & Co.
in every house, other than a
bungalow on one floor,
ought to receive more
attention from the deco-
rator than is often the
case. In the hall (p. 4)
by Messrs. Liberty, the
newel-posts at the foot of
the stairs are carried up to
join the woodwork above,
and so form a sort of
open screen which gives
the staircase a structural
and architectural appear-
ance that is too usually
wanting. In this hall the
oak-panelling is only carried
up so far from the floor
as to form a dado; the
filling being of a rich-toned
green, culminating in a
frieze of embossed material.
A somewhat similar arrange-
ment occurs in the white library designed and executed by goodyers
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wood staircase by Messrs. John Orr &
Sons (p. 13), where the newels of the
lower stage form piers to carry the arches
underneath the landing. The walls of
this hall and the soffits of the arches are
panelled to match.
Again, the effect of a somewhat low
wainscot is shown in the large billiard-
room (p. 50) designed by Mr. J. D.
Webster, F.R.I.B.A., of Sheffield. The
panelling is of crown Austrian oak, fumed
and polished ; while the pilasters, cornice
and ceiling are executed in fibrous plaster
in high relief.
Another work by Messrs. Liberty
(p. 16) represents a dining-room carried
out in a free rendering of Elizabethan
style. The oak-panelling, as compared
with the last example, is higher, rising
up as it does to the bottom of the frieze
It is broken at intervals by wooden
pilasters, the line of the ornament intersect
ing the frieze and meeting the moulded ribs
of the ceiling in such a way as to have the
corner of a morning room designed and executed appearance of bracket supports. Thewhole
by liberty & co., ltd. arrangement gives the effect of a careful
and coherent scheme of decoration,
entrance-hall for a country house, which was carried However different in detail, the same root-idea
out by Messrs. Maple (p. 4). of structural formation underlies the design of the
The hall staircase, being an indispensable feature Dutch room (p. 21) by Messrs. Story & Co.
in every house, other than a
bungalow on one floor,
ought to receive more
attention from the deco-
rator than is often the
case. In the hall (p. 4)
by Messrs. Liberty, the
newel-posts at the foot of
the stairs are carried up to
join the woodwork above,
and so form a sort of
open screen which gives
the staircase a structural
and architectural appear-
ance that is too usually
wanting. In this hall the
oak-panelling is only carried
up so far from the floor
as to form a dado; the
filling being of a rich-toned
green, culminating in a
frieze of embossed material.
A somewhat similar arrange-
ment occurs in the white library designed and executed by goodyers
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