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On the interior arrangement and decoration of the house
DOI article:Wall and ceiling decoration
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Wall and Ceiling Decoration
of Japanese influence is Mr. G. R. Rigby's " Iris
Pond" (p. 133), on a cream ground of Eltonbury
fibre. The Iris panels, connected by waving tendrils
of pale green, form patches of rich colour, with
lavender wash-tint, the flower itself being graduated
upwards in stencil effect from faintest rose to
crimson.
Eight wall-papers are here illustrated from Mr.
Harry Napper's designs, he being prominent among
Messrs. Rottmann's contributors. The " Robin
Hood" pattern (p. 133) is built on a basis which,
in heraldic language, would be called "paly wavy."
The main features of the design are printed in wash-
tints of yellow and green on a darker ground of
the last. Four designs—viz., the " Churston "
(p. 134), founded on the wild tulip plant ; the
"Yetminster" (p. 134), " Portledge " (p. 133), and
the "Whitwood " (p. 133)—are arranged on a some-
what rigid geometrical basis with blank spaces
which serve as foils to the richer parts of the orna-
ment. The two last-named, being printed on a
cream coloured Eltonbury ground, are lighter than
the first two. The "St. Austell" (p. 135), another
floral design, is a more covered pattern, printed in
pale gradating tones of pink and green. Two
floral friezes, both severely symmetrical, follow—
the " Irene " (p. 135), on a rich green ingrain ground,
and the " Louise " (p. 134), on a pale grey-green
ingrain ; and lastly, two friezes by Mr. Mansell
Jones—the " Rossetti" (p. 134), a bold conven-
tional design in pearly greys and light brown ; and
the "Pomegranate" (p. 135), a closer pattern in
wash-tints of red and blue-green on a mottled
brown surface.
Of Messrs. Charles Knowles & Co.'s wall-
papers (p. 132) the "Kynaston," by Mr. Turner,
and the " Burcot," by Miss Lennox, are both
floral designs on symmetrical lines in blue and
green on a white ground; the " Everley," by
Mr. Turner, is in blue and green wash-tints on
white, the pattern framed on rigid vertical lines ;
and the " Celtic Rose," by Mr. Wilcock, is a net
pattern of rose sprays on a light-green ground
of interlaced diaper ornament. Though this
last is a doubled pattern, it should be ob-
served that the large rose-bloom in the middle
is rendered quite correctly as issuing from one
stalk only.
In a nursery paper (p. 118), for Messrs. Wylie
& Lochhead, the subject being " Sing a Song of
THE " LITTLE TREE" FRIEZE
DESIGNED BY J. H. DEARLE
EXECUTED BY MORRIS & CO., LTD.
of Japanese influence is Mr. G. R. Rigby's " Iris
Pond" (p. 133), on a cream ground of Eltonbury
fibre. The Iris panels, connected by waving tendrils
of pale green, form patches of rich colour, with
lavender wash-tint, the flower itself being graduated
upwards in stencil effect from faintest rose to
crimson.
Eight wall-papers are here illustrated from Mr.
Harry Napper's designs, he being prominent among
Messrs. Rottmann's contributors. The " Robin
Hood" pattern (p. 133) is built on a basis which,
in heraldic language, would be called "paly wavy."
The main features of the design are printed in wash-
tints of yellow and green on a darker ground of
the last. Four designs—viz., the " Churston "
(p. 134), founded on the wild tulip plant ; the
"Yetminster" (p. 134), " Portledge " (p. 133), and
the "Whitwood " (p. 133)—are arranged on a some-
what rigid geometrical basis with blank spaces
which serve as foils to the richer parts of the orna-
ment. The two last-named, being printed on a
cream coloured Eltonbury ground, are lighter than
the first two. The "St. Austell" (p. 135), another
floral design, is a more covered pattern, printed in
pale gradating tones of pink and green. Two
floral friezes, both severely symmetrical, follow—
the " Irene " (p. 135), on a rich green ingrain ground,
and the " Louise " (p. 134), on a pale grey-green
ingrain ; and lastly, two friezes by Mr. Mansell
Jones—the " Rossetti" (p. 134), a bold conven-
tional design in pearly greys and light brown ; and
the "Pomegranate" (p. 135), a closer pattern in
wash-tints of red and blue-green on a mottled
brown surface.
Of Messrs. Charles Knowles & Co.'s wall-
papers (p. 132) the "Kynaston," by Mr. Turner,
and the " Burcot," by Miss Lennox, are both
floral designs on symmetrical lines in blue and
green on a white ground; the " Everley," by
Mr. Turner, is in blue and green wash-tints on
white, the pattern framed on rigid vertical lines ;
and the " Celtic Rose," by Mr. Wilcock, is a net
pattern of rose sprays on a light-green ground
of interlaced diaper ornament. Though this
last is a doubled pattern, it should be ob-
served that the large rose-bloom in the middle
is rendered quite correctly as issuing from one
stalk only.
In a nursery paper (p. 118), for Messrs. Wylie
& Lochhead, the subject being " Sing a Song of
THE " LITTLE TREE" FRIEZE
DESIGNED BY J. H. DEARLE
EXECUTED BY MORRIS & CO., LTD.