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Title: The practical book of furnishing the small house and apartment
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Holloway, Edward Stratton
Subjects: Interior decoration Furniture
Publisher: Philadelphia, London, J.B. Lippincott company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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PLATE 115
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SIMPLE PERIOD FURNISHINCWilliam and Mary higlibuy with Italian painled wall-plaques abore THE RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE 225 The few necessary words upon Baroque walls may nowbe said. In Italy these permanent backgrounds were ofthe greatest magnificence: mantels were richly carved, oftenever) inch of wall and ceiling was covered with gorgeousfrescoes and gilding; coloured marbles and polychrome en-richments were in constant use; even doors, shutters, andbeamed ceilings were frequently painted, and especially if,as still also sometimes occurred, the walls remained plain.In elaborate interiors the floors were of marble or mosaic.Such backgrounds are naturally out of place in all but pala-tial residences to-day, but effective simplifications may be,and are, used in houses and apartments of moderate size,where the occupants have the desire for historic surroundingsand the means to accomplish their wish. In most cases plasterwalls—sand-finished or plain—or roughly-surfaced paper oflight b

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