Our doors and windows - how to decorate them (1889) (14782526825)

Identifier: ourdoorswindowsh00cutt (find matches)
Title: Our doors and windows : how to decorate them
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Cutting and DeLaney (Firm)
Subjects: Windows in interior decoration Latticework Doors Interior decoration
Publisher: Buffalo : Cutting and DeLaney
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries



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oom is of white porce-lain finish, the carving and moulding touched with gold, the walls are hung withBirge Velours, which produces the decorative effects of figured plush or coloredstucco. The feature of the sketch is a screen partition between the parlor andlibrary, made of decorative lattice treated in white and gold ornamented with afew fine cut jewels or roundels. The drapery is of Rajah silk handsomely fringedand looped, producing a most pleasing and graceful effect. The view into thelibrary, shows the dwarf bookcases which run entirely around the room and beinglow give an abundance of wall room above for the display of paintings and bric-a-brac. In his den, with the society of his rare books and works of art, Mr.Butler can enjoy a days respite from the pressure of his busy life and by touchinga button on his library table can put himself in immediate telephonic communica-tion with any department in the Nezvs office at Buffalo, nearly fifty miles away.—Decorator and Furnisher.
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l65- Corner of an Old English Library. DOOR CABINET. IF you have a door that is not in useyou can make a very pretty cabinetfor a very small outlay that could betaken out and put away in five minutesif the door had to be opened. Such acabinet is shown in this sketch, and isvery simple and cheap. The top part isa grille about three feet long and aswide as the door. It is held in place byfour small screws. The shelves shouldbe one-quarter inch shorter than opening.They can be one inch wider than depthof casings, and are supported by smallscrew-eyes turned into the casing. Oneat each corner of shelves. The curtainscan be light and soft in coloring, put upon small brass rods same as sash curtains.