Dresser, Christopher · London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 105
broad.* A room of a slightly more decorative character would be produced by making the lower three feet of the wall of a difPerent colour (by forming a dado) from the upper part of the wall : thus, if the other parts of the room were coloured as in the example just given, the lower three feet might… … that the entire wall be dark. If the furniture be mahogany, it will be wonderfully improved by being placed against a chocolate wall. The dado of a room need not be plain; indeed, it may be enriched to any extent. It may be plain with a bordering separating it from the wall, such as -Figs. 57, 58,…
Decoration and ornament
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