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of lace and taffetta to match.
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An Italian Renaissance Dining Room which is completed by an additional commode and a long sideboard, not shown. The effect of wall panelling is gained by the application of flat mouldings in squares.
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CHAPTER V
SOME DUTIES AND DIFFICULTIES OF THE DECORATOR
Now that we have glanced at the interior decorator in relation to those who are generally and necessarily connected with his work we may ask ourselves just exactly what sort of practical problems confront him; that is to say, what questions he is particularly called upon to solve. There are, I think, two main groups of interiors which must commonly be dealt with: on the one hand, homes; and on the other, places of business. In the first group are all sorts of residences, city, suburban and real country houses, and, finally, in growing proportion to the others, apartments. Among the places of business we must include many varieties of public and semi-public buildings, such as hotel interiors, restaurants, theatres and large buildings generally, and also shops. Not every interior decorator will be forced to devote himself to so wide a field, but at one time or another during his career he may be invited to plan work to be installed in quite a variety of these places. Especially will this be true if the functions of the architect and the decorator become more widely separated and if the decorator, by reason of greater training and reputation, conies to be the accepted designer of interiors.
In addition to all these branches there is a single
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other type of decoration which is not related immediately to any one of them and yet which may properly come under the jurisdiction of the decorator, and that is stage settings; for these are rapidly becoming an important and interesting branch of decorative art. More money is being spent upon them than ever before; more money and thought; and the public itself is now aware that its enjoyment of a play depends almost as much upon its settings as upon the work of its cast or its author.
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