New-York tribune., 1896-11-30
HOUSE DECORATION.
WHAT FRENCH ARCHITECTS ARE DOING.

From The Queen.
The French architects are seeking to rcarrange
the interior construction Of our dwellings, and adapt
,hen 10 our modern and I'm de steele ways. This
naturally applies PRINCIPALLY 20 yillHs' nan,ions
apartments in Paris are being constructed on these
lines IL. ,... .,,
Give so little air or light. very wide ana large
glazed spaces are made that can srai''y n' h,
softly tinted. glass. without any pattern or
Others have ooorcd giaSs, rr,"r Tor
,,fs,ion These "hacs' az they are 90 n"I'
ue % mn, I'm nails dining rooms. lbrarios or fhose
ni,g i" Pu narrow rooms sometimes called ga '"ri. =
.o,rrtiIncs used IS half drawing room; itn .pt
fin,n and which is replacing th" SIM st'f' nri
ing- room small room IS oitrn h,trn % aS , "a t
,ni in ,,no,ir name Of "Asiie de reNc. the boud'r
bGns gH@i 1u O. hes, rooms wood lacQuered in
vhl,. or eht colors is used also iight 2nk five',
but nothing s,,l"s which have been ovcrdone
gi ~. no,""israls for haneines and cover can M
tonne tapesir' olt SIX grcen or havanc colored
rrcinl with large lilies, 's"'or m dSi red some
In adc1 yeff,EMi eff,mgniiure is iscqucrcd rcd or green
veincd with the same IN a ''Hio,bho,es or morning
one o, oi,os,'oed FOR an c.csant coun ry nous nis
loo~s window franc, Nooaworn' a,'s ht tIuitcd
or l"sPu're.u!~ Illumination. on the floor u car
pc, OF on" IN, n or,y I'll" walls are almost hidden
leal OF oT,ois nslncd with anlscap,s 1ngen; tom,
ples pic,u'',S ~. iarce wide window OF iFansplren
sidr conn hi. Names 30 not 10 cui inc Wv, y
Gathered s,ore or hnf ,h,s 9ts Window is an mmenSe
Will 'n -" rhirh reflects The painted panels ana
~ y, .ba foo OF each sass i a wa, h "a :" iso
co'"ih Goar FOR several yards. ara: cisnons are
on M tan, t on this resting ace. Ine furniture
@ %o eI.her IN valuable Au-traIIth "onl w p",'
,inos, white mahosany I Ir ~ Match chhirs AID
n,pchairs plain and deep cov.rsui VIII VII HI
and cushions AL IN ornamcns the ante
DOOR - s5es covered or not win niue push cur
furs the middle win an oie IN MI. b"otcase for
place s.Hts her han learned or scientific one :.
genera ", " .%nud be vel bound In h!nasomc hini-
ngs Of leather or woo' earSsr o In the angles and
ana of the room various objects are placed; an
.I y;h portrait on H. or IN iirr pc OF
pedestal with ~ csramlc ART, or case con-
other Vva,nables In q wei llghed corner a
high reains desk IN gh og an eas Win ouisprcad
,ss bending toward hollow whTr@ Vs. vorS On
Mrro, l. placed. richly bound III no'aic nor occo.
enlAnceu ,'~ei,hle 10 be opened or handed v.;hou;
Tpo lighting of this large room Is not he a,
curious Iiuminltcd ceiling which ought TO give
nr , u ali over soft. suhdu "a liEnt ana then ths
onl onl,1h Nv qugntity Of bronze iTrfiirs each ho.d
IS ain"u " ,ione for electric light These insects.
Ing q snl, , "a large as a closed hand united
~ uncoual distances win cn1ii5 1ii5 49, ~ %
In Inc i', Thos. can also b. suspended otherwi~e
:, w'',,sn w,''ssnsd or the lights placed i0"er down. IN
shruDs 'tsai,in, flowers or climbers In which
chds, o., th. pesf-slaped globes that contain
the electric light There ar. aiS1 ,i'fe '.hp, .n
Nchc.in corridor or hall a statue looks wsll
hhnSinS with an upraised hand torch with several
noar''ii r iirbts Another idea is small gilt peacock
reatt .nread rail and small electric pear globe
VIII, ,ho end OF each plume. All kinds OF flowers and
sorns are used for this new style OF illumination