, 1875-09-26

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and turnieh the connecting link between the
artist and the maker.
Next to the floor
THE WALL
comes in for treatment wooden wa;nscoting
OF the marquetry work before mentioned may be
used if it ia desired. But the " Bedroom" and
the Library" OF tho Exposition are both lined
with heavy black and gold papers OF lather i'm
Eosing patterns and perp1e1ing arrangement
Whether these successive strata OF papers indi-
cate All artistic Arrangement which is recon-
nleuded. OF whether they arc used simply to ex-
hibit different papers tho unslllea observer is at
q loss at nrst to determine. Tho former is the
1se- 1he complication is somewhat relieved
when it s explained that MI the inclined Fart OF
the wall il intended to represent the fiat coiling
o7eIhead. Beg.uning then ut the floor the
System Of papering ls this: The lower part, ur
"dado," up to tue chair-rail or first boraer, con-
stitntes one division, above this is the ''picture
panel" d strip against which pictures are to be
hung, and over this is the principal paper Of the
room. with its proper border next the ceiling;
and, in this particular instance, the inclined wall
representing the ceiling has very vide borders
aud is painted blue: The whole effect ia pain
fully elaborate and labored. In the Library q
different and UNUSUAL Arrangement ID adopted,
the dado being carried to the top Of the book
cases aud easels, aud the pictures hung against
lecture may be hazarded that it will
take Eastlake. Morris. Dresser and their
allies somewhat longer to get their ideas
about the patterns mud management OF wall-pa-
pers adopted than about most other things. In
the southwest room. there are exhibited q variety
OF approved artistic patterns of Wallpapers,
many OF them English, aud never imported in
uuantitY to this county. 4 curious pattern
near the door, initiated from the Japanese, rep
resenting in convontionaized form the leave8
aud blossoms of water-li1es, Ia ono Of the most
striking, and furnishes an example of what the
reformers call good design. the spirit and liEe-
ness OF the flower being perfectly preserved. and
yet go disguised and "conventionalized" that
there is no possibility Of its being mistaken for
an attempt at representation Of the lily. It IL
plain that it is, after all, only q design for
wallpaper. Ali the hne medieval design Vas of
this sort suggesting all sorts of natural objects,
and at the same tlsao uu!1ke them. some OF the
best OF these papers are by Hutgess- OtleTs are
Morris make, and two high up, ana just north
of the pattern for a Wilton carpet, are
Eastlake's patterns. ono Of them marked With
rcd and yellow buds on brown, broken ground,
and tho other quite lndescribable. .Moat OF
these papers seem too grand and striking for
our moderato-s1Zed roOms n tile - Library.
peculiar feature is large, black panel of WILL
paper over the Fireplace, against which OIL
paintings with gilt frames and painted porc's"
lain lntended TO oe lMia1o III "oon) a1e hune'
with strong a1ect. ine Panea ls 1asuel laIee'
or the flctuIe u iatae1 enau. ~ 1ne .1u
IS worthy ot nose. oonneesTu a19o WAL "an-
docoraLon Ii tue supstaaee saneu
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spee1neun ~ "l4'sn 80 ..s";tE - e.es
Wall outs.us-a ~ utnt ~ p"pos'
chalS, aoo s'ue, Hsu Ies sue p,o
eFty OF teinaltuf eAauo ~ s;1ed 81
1t Is tnas su W usn - 1tc.,a ro,n,s
"il1-ana tneu selth9 % naiu 70 stonH, maea
harder tnan plaster: II na1 eeea s O. ee'9 unea
tor interior aecora1l9n u ,le neT hs,,'pSt -
ct optaDgnelo auu tue ateu.eset naa n4o1su. ~
TO an uupreceaentea po:ns u aiuss1o ca aa. ~
as snoMn ~ .ls9o nnG ssiar7 I1oa.o,a' 30 ~
liaee, ivy vines, and moInng-glory blossoms:
The chanuel1eis are mostly ot noIlce: nn.lns
teen chosen lot thelt merit IN some pa'ucalals,
and tue one ~ toe 1'-s eoa'a 80 .nataI
rs good specimen u eoauu F'pe saa uas.., -,
'EorA o. ary' Wills sue olaenet :. VI
the wan JUST noi'u Io1l espo1oo "'AA WILL t''
There are several oeaut1al
FiRE-PLAcEs AND nASIELs' ~
The one in the 'Cham6et - OF io"a nnarole
although IL looRe uho poAsueu 1oou, ANU tno W
mHable lnclsea "oIh- " o'acA' aug ~, aue
green, 1s al dosleneu auo eAesuleo ~ Stneaso
some fine ehects OF ioia6e patterns eng1aveu oI
soarstone ana o'ack 1na1ole az snosn n. ~ tne
sides OF the IRE places. the roueh. uenl-coio!ee
finish OF the engraved patterns contrasting
strongly with the dark pohsnea SURFACE OF Int
stone.
The
LARGER ARTICLES OF FURNITURE
viii be seen ana uottceQ u Gil lQen W1tuDuk lo0E
comment. The chairs OF tue chamber-set ar
designed to be cushioned, but are temperate,
sunnIied With modern, rerforated seats. The,
aad the rest Of the set are Of r1eaaing and sub
atnntial design. and the price is 9375. There il
much mora magnificent chamber-set, also O
snecial Gothic design, aud very excellent design
tpo. in the exhibition of dealer apart from th
honsehojd-art SECTION. III the south Of the buiid
ing. which is worth examining and comparing. 0
contrastiuc, with the very ponderous monde
scrint hlack-valnut set displayed in stock lit
ia nnrth Of it.
rhe hook-casea in the " Library" and the oal
l;1rsrv-tah1e In the room opposite, with the &C
non,n.nvin0 cha;rs n7nst pIease everybody. Thi
tsh3a tha carved nanel of which, by the way, il
a pannine niece Of mediayal carving. seems On.
Of the most enticing articles in the collection
tbonpb the ladies' nav vote for the odd mt
beautiful little sideboard in tie diniug-room
Trn1hfnf consfruction Ia the fupdaraeutal i1e
at nlt modern DESIGNERS, EeYerthe}Bss human
deprayity occasionally disclosed itself in
soMe LITTLE coSsTnuc71yE PREvARlcAr1oSB
in lila artistic furniture, more often the fault
ths maker than the designer In one OF these oal
bureaus. otherwise well designed. three drawers
on Being opened, alas! are not three drawers o
all. but q single cupboard with swinging door,
which nil day long with lying and unbluahiut
face ia wont mutel7 to proclaim itself thre
drawers. This is the only offense OF this sort
In ntiite GOOD many instances, where the de
sign reauirea oak stuff someWhnt heavier thai
usual the thicker material ID obtained BY stick
ing together two lighter pieces, which isnot goo