January, i 9 ^ 7 
35 
A LITTLE PORTFOLIO OF GOOD INTERIORS 
The other day a reader said she did not like to look at rooms she could never afford to own. We asked her if 
she objected to looking at frocks she could never afford to wear. She blushed. What she looked in the shop 
windozcs for was ideas. Well, this Portfolio is a shop window of interior decoration ideas. Look at the room, 
note the scheme—and apply it to your own home. There is always a less expensive alternative 
Elsie de Wolfe, Decorator 
A charming balance is created be¬ 
tween the tipper half of this room 
and the lower, between the richness 
of the mirrors and the richness of 
the furniture. The walls are deep 
ivory and the carpet black. Inside 
the cupboard the walls are red 
lacquer. Interest is also given by 
the combination of upholstery fab¬ 
rics—black and white cut velvet on 
the sofa and chair to right, deep 
rose brocade on the other large 
chair and velour on the third 
Bates & How, Architects 
A fineness and delicacy are evident 
in every detail of this dining-room. 
It has the restfulness of large panels. 
Its furniture, only such as is abso¬ 
lutely needed, has been chosen for 
its lightness of line which loill har¬ 
monize with the delicacy of the 
background walls. Even the sil¬ 
vered fixtures have an airy grace 
