The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-06

binatioh for dining room, even with
great deal Of white, but the eject was
nevertheless just ~ successful a. tho de-
signer had intended It to be.
1t was undesirable that the room was
much more attractive In the morning
than st any other time. The sunlight
fairly reveled In II. In such light the
blue got its full value.
BY electric hght-the quain Of fashioned
Colonial fixtures In the room were all equip
ped with electric lights-the yellow famed
like gilt.
Black oak would have been the furnl-
ture for this room, but the owner OF the
house happened to be the owner Of a set
Of old mahogany. So the old fashioned
Sheraton sideboard and the eight chairs,
almost black. carved with duller garlands
on the arms and covered with dark stamped
leather, and the heavy mahogany center
table took their place in the room. Painted
In blue, yellow and black on the panel over
the mantle, where ordinarily a mirror would
have been was the family coat Of arms.
The frieze over the wainscot was a plain
cartridge paper Of the same tone as the
white in the woodwork. The rug on the
parquet floor was q cream colored imi-
tation OF genuine Turkish rug that cost
less than $50.
Between this room with its vivid colors
on white and the library white hallway
interviewed The high white walls were
not touched with color The dark green
cartridge paper that formed the frieze
was all that gave any break to the mo-
notony Of white In the hallway and UP the
white steps. There was also dark green
carpet up the center Of the staircase with
its spindle white banisters, copied after
an old Colonial model.
Dark green curtains hung In the spaces
between the two front rooms and the back
part Of the hallway They were rarely
drawn, but they added to the cool; quiet
As the doors from the dining room and
library into the hall were rarely open, 1t
was possible to give these rooms quite
varied treatment i9 color.
There was a temptation to make the
library red, but in the combination of white
woodwork and red draperies there was
too strong a suggestion Of French cafe;
80 1t was decided that the room should be
brown, a warm, reddish brown, with light
enough in It. to avoid gloominess in con-
trast with the white Of the high wainsooting.
The frieze was made OF tapestry paper
combining In a heraldio pattern various
shades OF brown and yellow.
The long window seat that filed one
end Of the room was covered with cushions
Of uncut velvet in this shade Of yellow
brown, and the same material formed the
rather skinny curtains that hung at the
doors. They were kept rather narrow to
prevent an appearance OF excessive drapery
and they barely met when drawn over
the doors.
In this room no attempt was made to
introduce color into the woodwork. 1t re-
NAMED plain white. but with difference.
The bookcases built into the walls were
not more than four feet high and, although
white. were not Of the same shade as the
rest OF the woodwork in the library It
had been painted cream in order to har-
monte more with the idea Of the library.
The table in the center Of the room was
Of the kind known as mission furniture, but
that style was not suggested in any Of the
other pieces. They were nearly all done