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
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No. 25. N effective arrangementfor a ceiling, with fret-work of different patterns,and backed with silk or othermaterial to get color desired,the jewels backed with tin-foil to give additional effect,and the center of poplin, silk,.. i muslin or Japanese chintz.This has been found to bean advisable way of treatingold ceilings that are cracked.
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/JJUPBOARD DOORS.—Ordinary cupboard doors open->• ing from sitting and bed-room or from halls, may bepleasingly decorated by small lattice doors, or doorsof mosaic glass, or ornamented sliding partitions, a laJapan, taking the place of the fixed wooden panels. For transoms and other openings over doors, theJapanese or Moorish lattice work is now very popular.The lattice comes ready for this use in a great variety ofpatterns, and has a very beautiful appearance when put tothis use.—From Art and Decoration. No. 26. Hall Door LatticeOn inside of bevel glass,put on with brass hooks. A SKETCH is given, showingJ a method of filling a fire-place when not used in summer.The scheme here shown con-templates using a screen made ofspindle-work to fit the fireplace.This work is made of spindles turned out of wood (any hard wood may be used). This spindle-work may begilded or bronzed, with good effect, or the natural color of the wood may beretained and emphasized by a stain or oiling. A g

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