Fig 162
In Figure [160] we illustrate a combination of scarf drapery and grille corners. This idea can be employed in a great many ways, and with different designs of corners (which can be finished to match the desired woodwork), some very effective trims can be produced.
The metal grille shown in Figure [161] is made of strap iron or brass, bent to shape and riveted together in a frame. It is provided with two incandescent lights, serving for illumination as well as decoration, and squaring the arch for straight portières.
This idea of doorway illumination has recently been elaborately introduced by the Parisian decorators in the form of festoons of electric jewels, which scintillate and glow with beautiful prismatic colors.
A door treatment after the style of Figure [162] would form an attractive treatment for club, hotel or ballrooms, and the idea admits of almost endless variation.
Grilles are also made of rattan, the patterns made up in the scrolls and spindles common to rattan furniture, and ordinary manila rope, stiffened with glue, while bent into circles and scrolls, can be assembled into very attractive grilles, which are shellacked and varnished in natural or tinted colors.
Some of the mistakes most frequently made in the application of grille work are characterized as follows:
“Using a design foreign to the style of the room.”