Cassell's household guide : being a complete encyclopaedia of domestic and social economy and forming a guide to every department of practical life by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Home economics, Home economics, cbk
Publisher: London : Cassell, Petter, and Galpin
Published: 1869-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

PRINCIPLES OF GOOD TASTE IN DECORATION.

PRINCIPLES OF GOOD TASTE IN HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND DECORATION.

CARPETS AND OTHER FLOOR COVERINGS. Having considered the decoration of the walls, we have, in the next place, to speak of floor enrichments, in order to complete the background of our room, before we turn our attention to the articles of furniture, to which the wall paper and carpet are to be subservient.

It must ever be borne in mind that no part of the furniture of a room should be determined upon without reference to the whole scheme of decoration. Whatever, therefore, is decided upon as the first feature must be accepted as the key-note with which all the remaining features must be arranged in perfect harmony. The wallpaper iz a part of the decoration which is generally found to be already provided when a tenant takes possession of a house ; and as landlords' tastes in art matters are by no means to be implicitly relied upon, it is not improbablcthat this gratuitous decorative feature will beonev^hich it would be unwise to regard as the keynote, and set our furniture to

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