SILVER ON WALLS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 783, 2 October 1929, Page 14

SILVER ON WALLS

One of the most successful wall treatments introduced by modernist decorators is to be seen In the use of silver. Walls and celling may be treated either In silver leaf, silver bronze, or aluminium paint, and If tlie surface is then given a coat of lacquer it will have a richer tone, almost resembling pale gold. Silver is a rather cold colour but none the less it is fashionable. Recently several Interiors have been decorated in silver and various shades of purple, silver and jade green, silver and coral red, silver and black. If the silver element is introduced in the decorative details, or in the upholstery, instead of covering the extensive surfaces of ceiling and walls, an impression of greater vitality is obtainable. The effects it is possible to obtain in interior decorations by means of different tones of silver harmonised with other colours have not, as yet, been comprehensively developed, eleven nearly so, for silver in decoration could be used with much more subtlety and a corresponding increase of charm.—“ Town and Country Homes.”