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Candace Wheeler. Principles of Home Decoration, With Practical Examples
Principles of Home Decoration, With Practical Examples
Table of Contents
Principles of Home Decoration
CHAPTER I
DECORATION AS AN ART
"Who creates a Home, creates a potent spirit which in turn doth fashion him that fashioned."
CHAPTER II
CHARACTER IN HOUSES
"For the created still doth shadow forth the mind and will which made it "Thou art the very mould of thy creator."
CHAPTER III
BUILDERS' HOUSES
"Mine own hired house."
HALL IN CITY HOUSE SHOWING EFFECT OF STAIRCASE DIVIDED AND TURNED TO REAR
CHAPTER IV
COLOUR IN HOUSES
CHAPTER V
THE LAW OF APPROPRIATENESS
STENCILED BORDERS FOR BATH-ROOM DECORATION (BY DUNHAM WHEELER)
STENCILED BORDERS FOR HALLS (BY DUNHAM WHEELER)
CHAPTER VI
KITCHENS
CHAPTER VII
COLOUR WITH REFERENCE TO LIGHT
SITTING-ROOM IN "WILD WOOD." ONTEORA (BELONGING TO MISS LUISITA LELAND)
CHAPTER VIII
WALLS, CEILINGS, AND FLOORS
LARGE SITTING-ROOM IN "STAR ROCK" COUNTRY HOUSE
PAINTED CANVAS FRIEZE
BUCKRAM FRIEZE FOR DINING-ROOM
CHAPTER IX
LOCATION OF THE HOUSE
CHAPTER X
CEILINGS
CHAPTER XI
FLOORS AND FLOOR-COVERINGS
SQUARE HALL IN CITY HOUSE
CHAPTER XII
DRAPERIES
CHAPTER XIII
FURNITURE
COLONIAL CHAIRS AND SOFA (BELONGING TO MRS. RUTH MCENERY STUART)
COLONIAL MANTEL AND ENGLISH HOB-GRATE (SITTING-ROOM IN MRS. CANDACE WHEELER'S HOUSE)
SOFA DESIGNED BY MRS. CANDACE WHEELER FOR NEW LIBRARY IN "WOMAN'S BUILDING," COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION
RUSTIC SOFA AND TABLES IN "PENNYROYAL" (IN MRS. BOUDINOT KEITH'S COTTAGE, ONTEORA)
DINING-ROOM IN "STAR ROCK" (COUNTRY HOUSE OF W.E. CONNOR, ESQ., ONTEORA)
DINING-ROOM IN NEW YORK HOUSE SHOWING LEADED-GLASS WINDOWS
DINING-ROOM IN NEW YORK HOME SHOWING CARVED WAINSCOTTING AND PAINTED FRIEZE
GLASS WINDOW BY DORA WHEELER KEITH IN HOUSE AT LAKEWOOD (Belonging to Clarence Roof, Esq.)
SCREEN BY DORA WHEELER KEITH IN HOUSE AT LAKEWOOD (Belonging to Clarence Roof, Esq.)
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Candace Wheeler
Published by Good Press, 2019
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In this case, what is needed is to get rid of the superfluous four feet, and this can be done by cheating the eye into an utter forgetfulness of them. There must be horizontal divisions of colour which attract the attention and make one oblivious of what is above them.
Every one knows the effect of a paper with perpendicular stripes in apparently heightening a ceiling which is too low, but not every one is equally aware of the contrary effect of horizontal lines of varied surface. But in the use of perpendicular lines it is well to remember that, if the room is small, it will appear still smaller if the wall is divided into narrow spaces by vertical lines. If it is large and the ceiling simply low for the size of the room, a good deal can be done by long, simple lines of drapery in curtains and portieres, or in choosing a paper where the composition of design is perpendicular rather than diagonal.
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