Interior Decoration: Mural Decoration is not necessarily limited to formal interior decorations. In early Colonial farmhouses, many murals were used; in these the painting was crude, but it was in harmony with the architecture and decoration. The interior Decoration walls and woodwork were often lavishly treated with landscapes, farm scenes, and flowers. The journeyman painters who were called upon to paint both houses and fences, portraits and murals, could hardly be expected to exhibit excellence of technique. Many of these compositions, however, had a naive appeal and great decorative charm.
Plywoods are particularly useful in the Decoration of stores, offices, and commercial establishments, and for making flush panel doors, cabinets, and furniture. They are a permanent type ofmmmmm.142 Decoration and their upkeep is limited to an occasional waxing.
The synthetic sheet materials are made of plastic and kraft paper under high pressure. They are available in numerous plain colors suitable to interior Decoration finish and in wood-grain, linen, marble, and other effects. They do not stain or scratch and are heat-resistant. Certain types are also burn-proof. The sizes are 4 X 8 feet. These materials are extremely durable and are easily kept clean. They are furnished in both satin and glossy finishes.See Also Painted Decoration:Mural decorations need not necessarily cover every Wall in a room. It is often advisable to limit such paintings to important areas, such as an overmantel or one end of the room. Painted Decoration may also be concentrated over doors or in specified Wall panels. It is always well to use a low dado in a room where a paintedmmmmm.142 Decoration is to be intro-duced? so that no portion of the picture will be below a Table top or Sofa back. In small rooms it is possible to produce an impression of greater size through the use of perspective and atmospheric effects in a mural composition.
Ceilings may be calcimined or painted white or off-white. An agree¬able effect is obtained if the ceiling is treated in a lighter tint of the color used for the walls. Increase in color interest may be obtained by painting the ceiling a color contrasting, either in hue or in value, with the walls. Ceilings that are painted in a color darker than the walls or treated in gold or silver leaf tend toward a modern effect. If a definite color is used for the ceiling, it should be repeated elsewhere in the Decoration of the room.
Using two or more colors on the walls in the same room is always logical if the materials are different, such as wood panelling on one wall, and plaster on the other, or if one Wall is treated with wallpaper and the other with paint. A plaster Wall may be painted a different color than the woodwork. Where wallpaper is used in part of a room, it is advisable to paint the remaining plaster walls with the lightest and most neutral color used in the wallpaper. The Wall area can often be painted the wall¬paper-background color, or even more neutral in chroma. Where all walls are to be painted, decorators may use two colors; the window Wall is generally painted in a lighter tonal value than the opposite wall. In a double-use room (living room-dining room) an apparent division is often made by painting the walls different colors, and indicating the different uses thereby. Walls should not arbitrarily be painted different colors, but may be if there is a logical reason for so doing.
On The Other Hand See The Decoration:Plywoods are particularly useful in the Decoration of stores, offices, and commercial establishments, and for making flush panel doors, cabinets, and furniture. They are a permanent type ofmmmmm.142 Decoration and their upkeep is limited to an occasional waxing.
ROCOCO, ro-ko'ko, or ROCAILL, rokal-e', in architecture a name given to the debased style of Decoration which succeeded the
first revival of Italian architecture. The orr mentation consists of panels with their mo ings broken or curved at the angles and fill with rock-work, leafage, shell-work, musk instruments, marks, etc. This style prevail in Germany and Belgium during the 18th « tury and in France from the time of Henry ] to the Revolution. In departing from simplic: the true principles of Decoration were violati hence the bizarre character of this decorati soon failed to please.
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