Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1916 — Painted Furniture Is New. [ARTICLE]

Painted Furniture Is New.

It is remarkable what artistic talent has been awakened by the craze for hand-painted furniture. Girls, rich and poor, are painting their own pieces of furniture, and varnishing the surface to make the pictures lasting. This new furniture is very pretty; landscapes, flowers, birds, butterflies, are painted on a white or black background and varnished, and sometimes small medallions of highly-finished work are set on a plain ground. One charming room had a white and gray wall, and the mouldings and furniture were painted lavender.