The Studio yearbook of decorative art (1906)

Interior Arrangement and Decoration

be plainer; nor yet, it may be added, more in bed, together with the advantages ot a light and mov-
harmony with the four-post bed, the cornice, able bedstead, without enclosure overhead. This
architraves, mantel and dado-rail, all in the Shera- arrangement consists of wooden uprights, joined
ton style, upon which the room is modelled. The lintel-wise at the top by horizontal pieces, forming
green-grounded carpet, with
a suitable border in shades
of greens and white, com-
pletes the scheme of
decoration.

The walls of a girl's
bedroom (p. 43) by the
last-named firm, are spaced,
at intervals of 3 ft. 6 in., by
pilasters supporting arches,
moulded and dentilled;
the panels thus formed
being covered with " chene
taffeta " in pink and green,
while a carpet of old-rose
tint contributes to the
general colour - harmony.
But the principal feature
of this room is the fitment
around the bed. This
provides an ingenious
compromise, retaining the
picturesque appearance of
an old-fashioned four-post bedroom in fumed oak designed and executed by goodyers

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