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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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Some
of
the
figured
wall
papers
are
so
decorative
that
they
are
more
than
tempting,
they
are
compelling.
The
Chinese
ones
are
particularly
fascinating.
Recently
I
planned
a
small
boudoir
in
a
country
house
that
depended
on
a
gay
Chinoiserie
paper
for
its
charm.
The
design
of
the
paper
was
made
up
of
quaint
little
figures
and
parasols
and
birds
and
twisty
trees,
all
in
soft
tones
of
green
and
blue
and
mauve
on
a
deep
cream
ground.
The
woodwork
and
ceiling
repeated
the
deep
cream,
and
the
simple
furniture
(a
day
bed,
a
chest
of
drawers,
and
several
chairs)
were
of
wood,
painted
a
flat
blue
green
just
the
color
of
the
twisty
pine-trees
of
the
paper.
We
had
a
delightful
time
decorating
the
furniture
with
blue
and
mauve
lines,
and
we
painted
parasols
and
birds
and
flowers
on
chair
backs
and
drawer-knobs
and
so
forth.
The
large
rug
was
of
pinky-mauve-gray,
and
the
coverings
of
the
day
bed
and
chairs
were
of
a
mauve
and
gray
striped
stuff,
the
stripes
so
small
that
they
had
the
effect
of
being
threads
of
color.
There
were
no
pictures,
of
course,
but
there
was
a
long
mirror
above
the
chest
of
drawers,
and
another
over
the
mantel.
The
lighting-fixtures,
candlesticks
and
appliqués,
were
of
carved
and
painted
wood,
blue-green
with
shades
of
thin
mauve
silk
over
rose.
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