DECORATION
Primrose, white and scarlet are the exciting and only colours in the decorative scheme of a luxuriously modern dining room in a home I recently visited. The room itself. is interesting. All corners, and. joinings of wall to ceiling or floor, are rounded. Walls are painted palest primrose. Ceiling, and wood or metal of furniture, is white. Chairs of modern shape are upholstered in smooth white leather, and the door is padded and studded in white leather to match: The long refectory table is cellulosed in white, and only needs to be wiped over, first with a damp cloth, then a dry one. The surface is stain, heat, and scratch proof. My hostess had designed her own standard lamps. One switch turns on globes that send light outwards, another provides up-ward-flung, reflected light. One switch is white, the other crimson. Plain crimson carpets the floor from wall to wall. The scheme is one at the same time extravagant and practical, but it is definitely effective and original.
V.W.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 16, 13 October 1939, Page 14
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169DECORATION New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 16, 13 October 1939, Page 14
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