MODERN WALLPAPERS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21278, 3 September 1932, Page 6 (Supplement)

MODERN WALLPAPERS

UNERRING TASTE POPULAR COLOURS Modern wallpapers are especially designed for every type of room, and with the wide variety of designs from which to choose, one nerds only unerring taste to select the paper best suited to the architectural features of each. Particularly interesting are patterns with horizontal, vertical, or diagonal lines, that lend breadth, height, or perspective to rooms lacking these, while the geometric severity that often characterises lineal designs is relieved by graceful bird and flower motifs. Colour is -so much a matter of individual preference, that no hard and fast rules can be given for its use, aside from bearing in mind that cooler colours should be placed in rooms with a northern exposure, and vice versa. The vogue of partially papering rooms, bo popular in the eighteenth century, is being revived, and when the proportions of the room permit, instead of papering an entire wall (or rcom) with repeats, a paper with an interesting design or scenic effect is frequently hung in panels, enclosed, or rather outlined with a narrow picture moulding, or a border of paper made for the purpose. Medallions with landscapes or well composed flower patterns are effective when treated in this manner.