2 - And this is the venerable French salon. Its walls are white, and so are its cotton curtains, while the curtain tie-backs and the upper cornice are in white and blue, as are the bases of the electric lamps. As for the objets d'art above the fireplace, note how tastefully they are chosen, their splendor set off by the two white metal pieces on either side of the fireplace.
by securing the comfort required.
White, then, is the favorite color — but paired with a second color, usually blue, sometimes red or green or gray.
One notes the return of gleaming brass onto wooden furniture, as in the age of King Edward; but the novelty lies not in the style itself, but in the mixing of blue with white in the bedspread or the curtains.