Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-30
INFLUENCE OF MIND IS SHOWN
IN PICKING FURNITURE COLORS
Merchandise Offered for Sale Comes From MANY Conn
tries, Adapted to Meet Requirements Here-Has
Vital Appeal TO Both Young and Old

IL Is said that color EladdenS the
neart. auickens the pulse. Its APP
peal Ia so broad that naturally II
attracts to Its informal court the
ehterprising manufacturer OF worth
"hiie embellishments OF our houses
TO-DAY, notably the furniture manu-
facturer
In tho essential conflict between
brightness and dullness We are not
surprised to note the energy with
which the manufacturer has sought
to make interesting his furniture by
painting 1t In solid or semiopaauc
tones in Ereenish or silvery sray.
Ivory or pearly white. and, strange
as II may seem TO some, even black.
the conscientious study Of the
mercha ndise offered for sale IL all
the more interesting. stimulating and
Improving because II comes to our
market from many directions and II
shows the influence OF the human
mind upon affairs decorative.
Flowers Used Good Deal.
We no longer connnn our alton
lion to heraldy or to formal decora
lions. hut tho scholarly craftsman Of
today looks To flowers and fruit and
cnrcntionalizes them that they
are not only beautiful. hu; they have
the element Of repose with which We
can live.
They enter our domestic kingdom
rejecting our sense or beauty aS did
the decorativ" rmhlemS ~ the Mid
die Ages in their scholarly presen,a-
ton Of cmblomS religious. civic and
personal This unconscious tribute
to the flowers and to things that be-
long 10 all of us * splendid Is II
n 10 Of hr, i,,c of blt
We are pleased To term our hui
mainly?
A popular phase 81 this is 20 n"
seen In tho furniture manufactured
in Austria and elsewhere in Central
Europe. who're in some fashion con-
ventional forms ~ tho most print
tive character appear charged. as it
were by their subtle arrangement
and spontaneously FRANK prescnta-
ton.
Oriental DcsiCns.
This furniture is usually coated
with a thin enamel. So that hut lit
tie. II any. Of the wood surface ap-
pears This deliberate sacrifice OF
the original complexion OF the wood
Is made Intentionally. and with tho
conviction that what Is lost In actual
texture is more than gained by the
fullnesS and brilliancy OF the color.
And We are back today once again In
the Orient. where the enthusiasts OF
China and Japan reached precisely
tho same conclusion. when they used
wood simply as base for the all
lacquer.
Most interesting or all 10 the re-
rival Of the Oriental type of furni-
ture which took by storm the Eng
la nd or Queen Annes time pieces
in actual lacquer. as we'll as many
iagreeably in"Xpensive) In which the
ev"r-Guaint decorations OF Chinese
art are applied In other WAYS. Tho
fashion OF the Chinese taste" If
Early eighteenth century England is
he fashion Of tho hour TODAY.
Thus We have an ideal condition. a
modern outline adapted to our own
-eOuirements, a decorative enrich
neut charged with significance ne
understand and accept. and the
process OF building which has with
stood the varying climates for
thousand years.
Y ere are hundred and one ways
NJ decorating furniture by means ot