December, 1917 
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{Left.) A printed Japanese grass 
cloth with a design in subdued 
color. Good above a high dado 
W. H. S. Lloyd Co. 
Allen-Higgiiis & Isons 
A modern reproduction of a beautiful 
old-fashioned paper. An interesting color 
variation for living rooms and halls 
draperies are usually the most harmonious. 
Since all parts of the ensemble should com¬ 
bine to form a harmonious composition the 
wall paper must be chosen with reference to 
everything else in the room. 
Though harmony and good composition are 
necessary a room must also have character— 
expression. The rooms that are used by the 
family group such as the living-room, dining¬ 
room and library, should express the character 
of the group while the room of an individual 
should be stamped with the character of the 
individual. The fresh simple decorations 
suitable for the bedroom of a young girl would 
be unsuitable in the room of a mature woman. 
The wall paper that would be charming in the 
wide airy hall of a country house would be 
out of place in the stair hall of a city residence. 
Appropriateness to the person, to the use of 
the room and the location and style of the 
house is necessary. 
The best results will be obtained through 
co-operating fully with the decorator or sales¬ 
man by giving him all necessary information 
about the house, its furniture and furnishings 
and helping him to an understanding of the 
personality and tastes of each member of the 
family. He must diagnose the case, must get 
a mental picture of the conditions, if he is to 
suggest decorative schemes that will have in¬ 
dividuality and charm. 
Designs in Wall Paper 
The present vogue is for good, strong, in¬ 
teresting designs in wall papers of the highest 
class—such papers as have always been used 
in the best decorative work despite the recent 
fad for plain and practically plain wall papers 
in the average home. Now with the wider 
dissemination of a knowledge of decoration, 
patterned wall papers of good design are com¬ 
ing into more general use. 
Many of these papers are reproductions of 
old-time wall papers found in houses that date 
from Colonial times. Some, particularly 
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(Right.) An old time bedroom 
paper with a quaint pattern in 
clear colors on a white ground 
W. II. S. Lloyd C l. 
A. C. Dodman, Jr., Inc. 
A handsome chintz design paper that 
lends itself to the walls of a bedroom. 
Colors are subdued, yet interesting 
for the lack of sunshine. Yellow, sepia or buff 
is often used in north rooms for this reason. 
Rooms that face the south require cold colors 
such as blue and gray. Rooms that face the 
east or west receive sunlight during part of 
the day and may have papers that lie between 
these extremes of coloring. 
In a room that is well lighted a darker paper 
can be used, naturally, than in a room that is 
deficient in light. If there is a glare, a wall 
paper in a light-absorbing color will often 
correct the trouble. Wall papers in light 
colors or showing a white or light background 
make a room seem so cheerful and bright that 
they have largely displaced the papers of 
darker coloring. 
Often a paper appears much darker when 
hung on the walls of the room than it seemed 
in the wall paper showroom, because many 
showrooms are much more strongly lighted 
than the rooms in a house. 
If the furniture is in a period style, the 
wall paper design should correspond. Rich, 
heavy furniture requires a background of a 
worthy character. If the furniture and wood¬ 
work are simple, the wall treatment must be 
depended upon to give most of the character 
and interest to the room. A patterned wall 
paper makes a good background for furniture 
and pictures if the design is well distributed, 
not of an assertive character and in quiet tones. 
It enriches the wall and tends to pull the 
scheme together. 
The color harmony established between the 
wall paper, the woodwork, furniture, rugs and 
draperies may be either one of contrast or of 
likeness, but it must be carefully thought out. 
Adjoining rooms should harmonize. 
Paper and the Draperies 
Where the draperies show a pattern the 
walls usually should be simple. Often the 
wall paper border and panel border carry the 
same motif as the drapery material and the 
sidewall paper is comparatively plain. Where 
the wall paper shows a decided pattern plain 
M. II. Birge Co. 
An American achievement in 
hand printed wall paper, a re¬ 
markable panel of 120 colors 
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