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Making the Floor Count 
(Continued from page 71) 
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color and strong design are to be found 
in the newest wall papers, upholstery 
fabrics and rugs. We have been en¬ 
slaved too long to plain, neutral toned 
walls, floors and hangings—surroundings 
lacking in interest and character of any 
kind. It was rather an anaemic form 
of decoration, a lazy attitude of mind, 
that found it easier to furnish rooms 
with plain fabrics than struggle with the 
shock of some strong, compelling color 
and sturdy, interesting pattern. 
The rage for color in Paris and Vienna 
has resulted in some delightful fabrics 
unique in design as well as riotous in 
hue; the revival of the William Morris 
wall papers with their masculine pat¬ 
terns and fine colors and the growing 
demand for equally interesting rugs all 
point to a revival of decoration from 
the sturdy age before pastel shades were 
born, an age when men painted their 
deeds boldly in glowing color on walls, 
fabrics and rugs. 
Let us first take up the question of 
Orientals. There was a time when this 
type of floor covering was the last word 
in rugging. “It’s an Oriental’’ seemed 
to signify something very near heaven, 
and many a bride and groom of by-gone 
days found the nucleus of a new home 
in a “real Oriental.” 
Times have changed and there is not 
quite the same respect for Oriental rugs, 
as it is difficult to adapt them to much 
of the modern decoration. Their definite 
patterns and vivid colors preclude the 
use of figured fabrics to a certain extent 
and call for walls, furniture and hang¬ 
ings more or less subdued in tone and 
lacking in definite design, and we are 
not quite willing to key all the decora¬ 
tion in a room to the rug. But as the 
majority of rugs of this kind go through 
a process of washing to subdue their 
bright tones before being subjected to 
Western eyes and as there is such an in¬ 
finite variety of good patterns and color¬ 
ings to choose from, it is possible to 
build an interesting and dignified room 
around the soft tones and fine design of 
a good Oriental. 
For a living room on rather formal 
(Continued on page Q2) 
Hewitt 
A fine Oriental rug gives character to a room, provided the design 
and coloring are not too pronounced and the tones of the rest of 
the furnishing more or less in key 
