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The House in Good Taste
·
Elsie De Wolfe
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The
color
illustrations
of
this
book
will
give
you
a
very
good
idea
of
how
I
use
chintzes
and
painted
furniture.
One
of
the
illustrations
shows
the
use
of
a
black
chintz
in
the
dressing-room
of
a
city
house.
The
chintz
is
covered
with
parrots
which
make
gorgeous
splashes
of
color
on
the
black
ground.
The
color
of
the
foliage
and
leaves
is
greenish-blue,
which
shades
into
a
dozen
blues
and
greens.
This
greenish-blue
tone
has
been
used
in
the
small
things
of
the
room.
The
chintz
curtains
are
lined
with
silk
of
this
tone,
and
the
valance
at
the
top
of
the
group
of
windows
is
finished
with
a
narrow
silk
fringe
of
this
greenish-blue.
The
small
candle
shades,
the
shirred
shade
of
the
drop-light,
and
the
cushion
of
the
black
lacquer
chair
are
also
of
this
blue.
The
walls
of
the
room
are
a
deep
cream
in
tone,
and
there
are
a
number
of
old
French
prints
from
some
Eighteenth
Century
fashion
journals
hung
on
the
cream
ground.
The
dressing-table
is
placed
against
the
windows,
over
the
radiator,
so
that
there
is
light
and
to
spare
for
dressing.
Half
curtains
of
white
muslin
are
shirred
on
the
sashes
back
of
the
dressing-table.
The
quaint
triplicate
mirror
is
of
black
lacquer
decorated
with
Chinese
figures
in
gold,
and
the
little,
three-cornered
cabinet
in
the
corner
is
also
of
black
and
gold.
The
chintz
is
used
as
a
covering
for
the
dressing-seat.
Another
illustration
shows
the
writing-corner
of
the
bedroom
which
leads
into
this
dressing-room.
The
walls
and
the
rose-red
carpet
are
the
same
in
both
rooms,
as
you
see.
This
bedroom
depends
absolutely
on
the
rose
and
blue
chintz
for
its
decoration.
There
is
a
quaint
bed
painted
a
pale
gray,
with
rose-red
taffeta
coverlet.
The
bed
curtains
are
of
the
chintz
lined
with
the
rose-red
silk.
There
are
several
white-enamel
chairs
upholstered
with
the
chintz,
and
there
is
a
comfortable
French
couch
with
a
kidney
table
of
mahogany
beside
it.
The
corner
of
the
room
shown
in
the
illustration
is
the
most
convenient
writing-place.
The
desk
is
placed
at
right
angles
to
the
wall
between
the
two
windows.
The
small
furnishings
of
the
writing-desk
repeat
the
queer
blues
and
the
rose-red
of
the
chintz.
A
very
comfortable
stool
with
a
cushion
of
old
velvet
is
an
added
convenience.
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