Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-05-23

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woodwork. Not at the very start. maybe.
Until satisfied OF the size and elasticity
Of a customers purse he throws out sug-
E~estions tentatively.
Discovering that the purse will not stand
Tor elaborate wood decorations, he gen
orally confines himself 10 a consideration
Of materials costing less than wood kalso-
mine and wall paper FOR instance. But II
the purse Is all right then a customer is
bound to hear more about wood Interiors
than perhaps he ever heard before. and
further. he will often get an object lesson
Of what is in the decorators mind.
This object lesson. by the way. Is n now
elty. comparatively speaking. Heretofore
only a very few OF the highest price house
decorators included in their establish
ments rooms or sections OF rooms Illus
trating special designs. In most cases per
sons up against the always puzzling task
Of selecting wall decorations for a partic-
nlar style of house arrived at Il decision
chiefly by the aid OF photographs and
samples OF wood. paper and brocade.
1t ia not like that now. In this city there
ara establishments easily got ut and not
at all exclusive where rooms of many
Misunderstanding room, drawing rooms,
sle eping rooms. libra ries. foyer halls-fresh
from the decorators hands and exhibiting
al b " " IOS "ihi NV sew 'h'E s''N'
designs now most in fashion are offered
for inspection as freely as IL furniture deal
er displays his newest models OF tables
and chairs.
In most cases tho quantity OF wood In
evidence bears out the statement OF Il
we'll known decorator that the present de-
mand for wood fittings and In
private dwellings exceeds anything he has
encountered In a business experience of
two decades. and that the varieties of
wood In use are even more surprising than
the quantity demanded.
Dull finished woods" he continued.
''have gone ahead OF polished woods In
most cases. Everybody is clamoring for
natural oak, chestnut. mahogany. walnut.
etc. and there are n dozen different ways
or treating These woods.
For the time being few persons who
come here will look ut polished walnut or
mahogany or rosewood for wall paneling.
Everything and anything OF dull finish,
with the grain of the wood much in evil
dence. leads In popularity, and the brighter
brown have given place to ash browns
and grays. Let me Illustrate"
The decorator led the way to one of the
show rooms, a library. whose walls to a
height of nearly six feet from the floor
were covered with wood divided into pan
els two and one-half feet wide by strips of
the same wood four inches wide. Both
panels and dividing strips were perfectly
fiat and plain without carving or mould
tngs of any description.
The decorator said tho wood was oak.
To a novice II looked quite unlike oak. In
color II suggested n two-toned notified ar
rangement of dull gray and grayish green.
and the natural grain of the wood. every
appearance of grain ut all In fact, had
been obliterated.
The oak. 1T was explained. had been
treated with a solution Of lead rubbed we'll
into the pores and then finished with n dull
stain only. 1t is conceivable that an old
fashioned woman might prefer the natural
oak. New fashioned housekcepcrs. though.
rave over the oak In its new dress and VIII
Gave no other.
In another room. a dining room, the
walls to a height of seven and n half feet
were lined with oak of II duh gray showing
ittle or no grain and as smooth as wall
paper. Across he bottom was II seven
inch Dashboard and "A few inches from the
top the surface was ornamented with me
dallions perhaps "A little more than three
inches in diameter, placed about "A foot
apart. These were carved in he wood. Ii
was the color, though, which most at
tracted.
a second dining room was wainscotcd to
within three feet % The ceiling with chest
nut wood OF a drab or putty color. ;he con-
sp!cuois black brown larg. grain of the
wood showing up IN a MORE antique effect
describing IN inverted V. This Uas done
by p,ecing tho paneis down IN. cepr.r ana
cutting the wood on The hias. matohinp mo
grain as perfectly where he h,lyas ioinnd
as "A d~ressmaker would roa.ch he stri,or
in =. SILK gown. In this room tho sam. .r-
feet was carried out IN the heavy mamie,
the door and the window panel..
Red mahogany, treated 20 accentuatc the
warmer ;Infs. was The foatura IN NJ,
d,niry room. There wa mo walngoa1,a
here Tn. wood was apnlied IN - hosa7
board Ten inches daeu. in q 1f,o. -fnch
cornice and frIeze. In a narrow mou,dinn
dividing the room into an upper ana a low,
er section Of one-third and two-thirds. he
lower wall being treated plainly m. nm