COLOR HARMONY IN WINDOW DRAPERIES

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"COLOR HARMONY IN WINDOW DRAPERIES"

Entry/Object ID

2001.56.1.1

Description

Color: Blue; Brown "Color Harmony in Window Draperies: A Book of Interiors Illustrating the Principles of Correct Draping in Permanent Colors," by Agnes Rowe Fairman (New York: Orinoka Mills, 1921), 24 pp. The booklet has a brown cardstock cover with an ornate shield in dark blue ink at the center of the front. The title is within the shield in brown lettering. Written in black ink at the top of the back is the name and address of Mrs. J. L. Dawson. At the beginning of the inside is a title page. The artifact covers such subjects as general curtain information; sash and casement curtains; casement-drawn curtains; side curtains and valances; using Orinoka products; installation suggestions; and more. Many black and white as well as color illustrations are included. The object is in fair condition with creases, dents, soiling, light stains, and small tears.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Interior decoration

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Pamphlets, Orinoka Mills, Drapery in interior decoration

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Pamphlets