DOI Artikel:
On the interior arrangement and decoration of the house
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19423#0064
Interior Arrangement and Decoration
the decorative heads; and
it is worth noting the
principle on which Mr.
Neatby, always ' a most
thoughtful artist, treats
—^gp^B landscape subjects for the
j»fv purposes of ornament.
The colouring in this in-
I—•—I: 1KB stance, as appropriate to
wall decoration, may be
described as being such
as one associates with old
tapestry. But the outline
itself is also in strict con-
formity with a deliberate
plan, the composition of
lines and mass being an
object of peculiar attention
on the part of the designer.
bedroom designed by h. e. Clifford, archituct The several parts fall into
groups, that of foreground,
middle distance and dis-
character with the rest of the place, are rough-adzed tance, each being found on analysis to corre-
instead of being planed in modern manner ; while spond more or less closely with one another. The
the fireplace is built of red bricks, not ornamented blue colour-effects of distance are too valuable to
nor masked in any way, the ingle also being be dispensed with, but, lest they should convey
floored with bricks to correspond. A Yorkshire the impression of different planes and of perspective
dresser in place of sideboard, a gate-leg table and thus destroy the even flatness requisite in wall
and chairs of unpretending pattern complete the decoration, the distant details, and more par-
homely but comfortable effect of the whole room. ticularly the sky and cloud outlines, are intensified
In the drawing-room of
which the fireplace is repro-
duced in colour, designed
by Mr. ^ G. J. Skipper,
signed and carried out by
Mr. W. J. Neatby. The
room is a large one; and
the frieze, which runs all
round unbroken, com-
prises medallions of dif-
ferent shapes and sizes
according to the various
spaces required to be filled.
The work was executed in
water-colour on fine water-
colour paper, which was
then attached to the wall
with paste as though it
were a printed wall-
hanging. A series of
landscapes were designed billiard room designed and executed by
to form alternatives for j. b. & w. cockayne, ltd.
48
the decorative heads; and
it is worth noting the
principle on which Mr.
Neatby, always ' a most
thoughtful artist, treats
—^gp^B landscape subjects for the
j»fv purposes of ornament.
The colouring in this in-
I—•—I: 1KB stance, as appropriate to
wall decoration, may be
described as being such
as one associates with old
tapestry. But the outline
itself is also in strict con-
formity with a deliberate
plan, the composition of
lines and mass being an
object of peculiar attention
on the part of the designer.
bedroom designed by h. e. Clifford, archituct The several parts fall into
groups, that of foreground,
middle distance and dis-
character with the rest of the place, are rough-adzed tance, each being found on analysis to corre-
instead of being planed in modern manner ; while spond more or less closely with one another. The
the fireplace is built of red bricks, not ornamented blue colour-effects of distance are too valuable to
nor masked in any way, the ingle also being be dispensed with, but, lest they should convey
floored with bricks to correspond. A Yorkshire the impression of different planes and of perspective
dresser in place of sideboard, a gate-leg table and thus destroy the even flatness requisite in wall
and chairs of unpretending pattern complete the decoration, the distant details, and more par-
homely but comfortable effect of the whole room. ticularly the sky and cloud outlines, are intensified
In the drawing-room of
which the fireplace is repro-
duced in colour, designed
by Mr. ^ G. J. Skipper,
signed and carried out by
Mr. W. J. Neatby. The
room is a large one; and
the frieze, which runs all
round unbroken, com-
prises medallions of dif-
ferent shapes and sizes
according to the various
spaces required to be filled.
The work was executed in
water-colour on fine water-
colour paper, which was
then attached to the wall
with paste as though it
were a printed wall-
hanging. A series of
landscapes were designed billiard room designed and executed by
to form alternatives for j. b. & w. cockayne, ltd.
48