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By 1976 the White Cube aesthetic was being criticised by Brian O'Doherty as a modernist obsession. [1] In Inside the White Cube: The Ideology of the Gallery Space, [3] he argued that in an easel painting the frame was the window through which one saw the world, and that required a wall for context. When the frame is gone and the wall is white ...
It covers the uneven edge of flooring next to the wall; protects the wall from kicks, abrasion, and furniture; and can serve as a decorative molding. [1] At its simplest, baseboard consists of a simple plank nailed, screwed or glued to the wall; however, particularly in older houses, it can be made up of a number of moldings for
The walls are painted simply in white with gold trim, divided in square panels, while the floor is paved in parquet. An ornate bed, table and white-velvet chairs decorate the room, with a writer's desk along one wall, while statues stand in the window niches on the opposite wall from the bed.
Bed-mould or bed moulding: Narrow moulding used at the junction of a wall and ceiling, found under the cornice, of which it is a part. [2] Similar to crown moulding, a bed mould is used to cover the joint between the ceiling and wall. Bed moulds can be either sprung or plain, or flush to the wall as an extension of a cornice mould. [3]
Sticking to primarily muted tones, Taylor covered the ceiling and trim with Farrow & Ball's Light Blue (No. 22) for a slight contrast and chose a vibrant painting from her middle school years to ...
Crown treatments made out of wood may be a single piece of trim, or a build-up of multiple components to create a more elaborate look. The main element, or the only in a plain installation, is a piece of trim that is sculpted on one side and flat on the other, with standard angles forming 90-degrees milled on both its top and bottom edges.
Choosing the perfect shade of white can be tricky. Our guide to the 14 best white paint colors offers expert advice for selecting the right tone for your space.
Tin ceiling in a private music room, Queensland, Australia, 1906. Tin ceilings were traditionally painted white to give the appearance of hand-carved or molded plaster. They were incorporated into residential living rooms and parlors as well as schools, hospitals and commercial businesses where painted tin was often used as wainscoting.