Old books can provide an interesting source of ideas. It is amazing at times how a very old volume can
provide examples of contemporary furnishings which would not look out of place in a modern idiom.
A case in point is Colour Schemes and Modern Furnishings by Derek Patmore.
This volume was published in 1945 for the use of H M Forces and is available in our library.
The photo below shows a room in the house of Mrs Chester Beatty in London. Nothing in it
would be out of place today. The detectives among you can doubtless work out where the
paintings by Pisarro, Sisley and Boudin are now!
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