Evening star., 1939-10-07
Room Is Created
With Distinguished
Atmosphere
Colors Of Furnishings
Ronge From Apricot
To Terra Cottu
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, Oct. 7. - Against
walls painted a soft grayed tone with
a mauve cast, an exceedingly inter-
esting room has been developed by
Thedlow for Grosfeld House. The
colors of its furnishings range from
terra Gotta to apricot. creating a
room with distinguished atmos-
phere.
The curtains are a soft shade of
terra Gotta, which sets the color key
note of the room. Strips of antique
mirror surrounding the windows,
along the molding and on the fac
ing of the fireplace reflect the glow
Ing colors of the rooms furnishings
On the floor is rug of eggnog
color. The two chairs that flank
the windows are unmistakably mod
ern in design-an interesting ex-
ample of today's trend toward using
curves in modern furniture so that
1t will seem in perfect harmony in
period rooms.
Standing before the window is a
garden table painted black and gold
This, the observer will discover, is a
miniature hothouse for growing seeds
under glass, right in your own living
room. On the glass shelf below are
pots for transplanting shoots, small
tools and cleaning Sprinkling can
Imposing Bookcase.
On the opposite wall is handsome
screen faced with white leather and
painted in tones of sepia.
Two other pieces in the room that
have decided interest are the impos-
ing grain-painted bookcase with a
grill of crystal and the chest of
drawers below the mirror. The
bookcase, incidentally. illustrates the
use of modern materials in period
furniture.
Grain painting, by the way, is a
process of initiating various woods
by the clever application of paint
or stain and by cutting through the
paint with grainer's tool known
as a comb, before the final coat of
varnish is applied. Following the
overemphasis on grained woodwork
during the late Victorian period
decorators tastes swung away from
it for time Now it is returning
but with more restraint. And there
are various mechanical aids superior
to the gadgets used by the old-time
workman. Only a sound craftsman
with proper understanding of his
trade can embody the spirit of fig
ured natural wood. And he must be
able to draw the grain, simplifying
rather than celebrating its charac-
teristics.
Mirror of RarOque Flavor.
The mirror, hanging above the
chest of drawers, is baroque in flavor
IT 1t is true that coming events cast
their shadows before, the exotic
flavor of baroque permeating exhib-
its at the Worlds Fair denotes a turn
toward that ornate mode of decora-
ton. Though haroque originated at
the time of Michelangelo in 17th-
century Venice, it later swept like
Wlldfire over Europe, overwhelming
the staid classic fashions hitherto
prevailing with its grandiose orna-
mentation. Baroque architecture was
employed on church edifices es-
pecially in order to make them seem
OF greater Importance. The word
baroque, translated, means an ir-
regular pearl, and this irregularity
appears in sometimes exaggerated
scrolls and curves.
Such decorative scheme can dc
wonders for "tired" looking room
that has long needed the tonic OF
new decorations. With the deferred
payment plan, which enables home
owners to follow new trends in dec
oration-whether it is of the ornate
stylized mode or of the streamlined
trend OF paint styling-room beauty
is not difficult to obtain. This plan
allows for repayment out of regular
income in monthly installments
while you are enjoying your rejuve-
mated room.