CEILING DECORATION

Evening Star, Issue 19666, 20 September 1927, Page 2

CEILING DECORATION

GDLDR SCHEMES DISCUSSED There is not the slightest doubt, a British authority observes, that it is high time wc started to get some style into our ceilings. But by “ stylo ” 1 do not necessarily mean brilliant collors, because for a brightly colored ceiling to be really happy, it must .have eomo claims to height and the room soma claims to proportion. For instance, I would never advocate bright green, Italian blue and vivid orange shades of ceilings in an average-sized homo of to-day. Although I have seen such strong colors put to admirable ceiling use in certain lofty Georgian and Victorian interiors. To quote one ... a dining room with antique ivory scrmnbled Avails, a plain grassy-green carpet, woodAvork in black relieved with scarlet, and the coiling a pond-Avatery green c'darsely “combed” to give an irregular AvatcrAvave effect. With furniture in black and scarlet lacquer and a certain amount of green glass, the result aaos distinctly good, CA'en if somcAvliat bizarre—on paper. Another rather delightful idea, is io have the ceiling glazed in an ivory shade by a reliable decorator who can just tinge it Avith a suspicion of sun,setpink or palest sky-blue, and finish it off in such a Avay as to give a picturesque cloud-liko olfoct. This can be very charming, particularly for the gracefully furnished draAving room or boudoir, which, say, is a study in solt pinks and manves . . . perhaps an amethyst carpet, curtains of cream Avitli one of the many delightful modern designs introducing a medley of inauvos and apple-blossom pink. The simple pink-tinged ceiling will immediately respond to such a scheme, lilting it right out of the rut of the commonplace. Or similarly, too, ihc coiling may he glazed in ivory and tinged Avith suticst azure. An equally effective motion' this, and one which happily gives a very charming ont-of-doors appearance. With a deep bine carpet it is invariably exquisite, but with plain beige, sand-colored or grey it looks equally avc-11. But perhaps the most practical treatment for all lor the modern homo is tho papier-macho interpretation of the late eighteen century plaster composition knoAvu as “ cartoupierrc,” a means whereby ornament Avas cast in moulds to present the appearance of delicate carving. We arc told that “ compo ” or “ cartonpierro ” Avas “ precisely the medium for AA’hich the famous Adam _ Brothers carved,” and it is interesting to note that ihoav just as modern taste seems so desirous for the restheticism which was so characteristic of the brothers Adam, that there should come the timely reappearance of this pseudo-carving. It is more often referred to as “ vellum enrichments.” There is quite a wide range of designs in these coiling ornaments, some of which are sold by the yard and others sold in sections _ for the construction of complete designs.