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Title: Color schemes for the home and model interiors
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Frohne, Henry W Jackson, Alice Fanny, 1877- Jackson, Bettina, 1880-
Subjects: Interior decoration
Publisher: Philadelphia and London : J.B. Lippincott company Grand Rapids, The Dean-Hicks company
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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red with a fine-patterned brocaded velour. The lighting fixtures should l)e of Renaissance design, in antiquegold finish, with parchment shades showing Renaissance decorationin soft colors and gold. jNIahogany-colored mantel tiles would showto advantage an ornate fireset of old brass. Give a slight emphasis to the complementary color, yellow-green,subdued or greyed in tone until it harmonizes perfectly with theamaranth. This coidd be effected by a large Japanese porcelain vaseof exquisite line and hue. Dull red mahogany fin-niture of dignified and substantial line, suchas Queen Anne, accords well with the beauty of tliis decorative scheme.An interesting alternative is William and Mary, or Italian Renais-sance style in walnut. Although the materials chosen for tliis scheme ha\e a certain elegancewhich may place them beyond the means of many, the color combina-tions may be successfully reproduced in less expensive fabrics if care-ful attention is given to color and textiuc selection. 41
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