90 DECORATIVE 



Presented with this are little sections of a frieze, to show 

 the effect of the grape massing, and another of a com- 

 position of daffodils, the latter of an entirely successful 

 character. I have in use other motives, including roses, 

 carnations and other suitable flowers, and I have 

 selected from among my negatives an iris subject that 

 promises well. 



I believe the pictures shown herewith and the hint 

 given in the paragraphs that precede explain the idea of 

 this individual decorative plan for the living-rooms. It 

 is hardly necessary to say in extension that the thought- 

 ful worker who is after pleasant effects in his own home 

 will have no difficulty in making his selections for the 

 various rooms. He will turn at once to vegetables or 

 fruits for the dining-room, perhaps, unless he is a fisher- 

 man, to give him a chance at real trout. He will want 

 flowers for some of the other rooms, and his own ima.gi- 

 nation or taste will doubtless lead to the use of motives 

 of which I have not even dreamed. I can therefore 

 drop the consideration of the idea and give a little 

 . attention to the method of doing the 



^^. ^ work, which will avoid for the interested 

 decorative worker who attempts this 

 scheme, now, I believe, for the first time mentioned, 

 some of the pitfalls I have had to climb out of. It will 

 be obvious that small prints will not be satisfactory for 

 this decorative idea. The whole-plate size, 6)4 xS/4, 

 or better yet, 8 x lo, will give enough of flexibility to 

 render the work possible. Or even better yet, a 

 lox 12 negative, if the worker's pocketbook will stand 

 the expense of the many prints, will aid in producing, 

 under the handling of good taste, a superb result. It 

 needs to be said, though almost obvious, that but one 

 motive can be successfully used in a room, in accord 

 with all the principles of decorative art. I may as well 

 confess that I did not believe this, and I therefore used 

 in my experimental room eleven motives in as many 

 panels, proving fully that but one was desirable. 



An Even ^" photographing, an attempt must be 



Background ni^de to get an absolutely even tinting 



of the background, so that when the 



prints are repeated there is no disagreeable break in 



