Evening star., 1934-05-19
BED ROOM EXHIBIT
T0FEATURE COLOR
Experts to Advise Visitors
at Style Show, Open
ing Monday.

An unusual opportunity for Wash
lngton home owners to view the latest
ideas in modern home decoration will
be afforded when the Modern Amer
lean Guild opens its exhibition of l6
completely furnished bed rooms Mon
day in the grand ball room of the
Willard Hotel.
This event will be the largest nom
commercial exhibit OF home furnish
lngs ever held in Washington ana
will be on display without charge Tor
three days, May 81, % and %.
The Modern American Guild, COM
prised OF a group of home furnish
ings manufactures and decorators, Is
presenting this exposition OF room
ensembles in an effort to display the
possibilities of proper modern deco
ration, within the reach OF all, and
planned for our homes of today.
Experts to Be Guides.
Special invitations are being sent to
the womens clubs and organized
groups of Washington urging MEM
bers to attend. Experts in interior
decoration will be on hand to conduct
individuals or groups through the
rooms.
Every type of bed room will be pre-
sented with the newest in furniture
effects, wall coverings and rugs and
accessories. Products of A dlf1erent
manufacturers from all over the
country will be brought here for the
show. Much of the furniture Is IN
metal Model rooms will be shown
for debutante, the bachelor, the guest,
the master type, the pent house, the
baby and the growing child, in addl-
tion to a number of differently ar
ranged rooms for general use.
One of the rooms that Is expected
to attract much attention is known
as the black and oyster rooms. The
furniture is in an oyster shade with
black trimmings, the bedspreads are
Of oray corduroy and the chaise-
lounge is white with turquoise moss
fringe. The rug is gray cut and un-
cut pile, which produces an INTEREST
ing effect. Lines are simple through
out with an effect of ease and refine
ment that is truly livable.
Another bedroom that will share in
the popularity is called the daffodll
room. with black and yellow plaid
wallpaper and yellow draperies to
match the bedspread. An upholstered
chair is in a peach shade. The
debutante room has prevailing colorS
of red, silver and blue.
Cream and Red.
A nursery to delight both mother
and child is developed in cream with
a trimming of red. The furniture IS
in old white and exposition red and
a blue hooked loom rug covers the
floor. Curtains are white organdy
with red cord ties. The highly pro-
cessed finish permits the hardest
of knocks without danger.
Washington has been chosen by the
Modern American Guild as one OF
40 American cities where expositions
are to be held. It is expected that
many hundreds Of thousands Of peo-
pie will visit the show.
Color taboos are more important
than color blindness in foreign coun-
tries, at least to American manufac-
turers.
There are Is colors that cannot be
sold abroad, according to Howard
Ketcham, the only industrial colorist
in the world ard color expert in the
designing of the bed rooms that will
be displayed.
As to the use of colors one cannot
sell in foreign countries, they vary
up and down the spectrum.
Green Unlucky in Britain.
Green is unlucky in England, as
the American manufacturers quickly
discovered when they attempted to
sell green merchandise in that part OF
the British Empire just across from
Ireland.
Red in Japan is limited to the
mails and fire trucks, with severe
penalty for any one displaying 1t
otherwise. The use of maroon Is
confined to the imperial family.
White, yellow and cream are used
exclusively for mourning in the Dutch
East Indies.
On the other hand, Ketcham points
out that national restrictions are not
the only ones. Even more effective
are the dictates of good taste. How
ever, he adds that personal inclina-
ton and good taste still have a wide
choice in spite of the fact that there
are only three ways of obtaining
color harmony
BY analogy, contrast and sequence
color harmonies can successfully be
secured. Analogy is the use of color
varieties of the same basic hue;
sequence is the use of colors that have
common color in them; and con-
trast brings together a color and its
complement.
All three of these methods are
used in the 16 complete bed rooms
being shown in the Style Show. In
addition, color charts will be on ex-
hibition to further clarity these
methods