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Decorate like it’s 1912 with hints from C. H. Baer’s “120 interiors in colours, designed by modern artists.” Published in Cleveland by J. H. Hansen in 1912.
Vestibule. Hans and Henry Lassen -Bremen. Watercolour by L. Gunkel – Bremen. Page 1 of 120 interiors in colours, designed by modern artists. Collections of and digitalized by the University of Illinois Champagne-Urbana. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/120interiorsinco00baer/page/1/mode/1upVestibule. Schneiderelt and Wuensche – Friedenau – Berlin. Watercolour and decorative paintings by M. Pechstein – Berlin. Page 2 of 120 interiors in colours, designed by modern artists. Collections of and digitalized by the University of Illinois Champagne-Urbana. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/120interiorsinco00baer/page/2/mode/1up Vestible. Kurt Boschen – Moers on-the-Rhine. Page 3 of 120 interiors in colours, designed by modern artists. Collections of and digitalized by the University of Illinois Champagne-Urbana. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/120interiorsinco00baer/page/3/mode/1upHall. Professor Richard Berndl- Munich. Watercolor by G. G. Klemm – Munich. Page 4 of 120 interiors in colours, designed by modern artists. Collections of and digitalized by the University of Illinois Champagne-Urbana. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/120interiorsinco00baer/page/4/mode/1upVestibule. Schneiderelt and Wuensche – Friedenau – Berlin. Watercolour and decorative paintings by M. Pechstein – Berlin. Page 5 of 120 interiors in colours, designed by modern artists. Collections of and digitalized by the University of Illinois Champagne-Urbana. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/120interiorsinco00baer/page/5/mode/1upHotel Vestibule. Professor Oswin Hempel – Dresden. Page 6 of 120 interiors in colours, designed by modern artists. Collections of and digitalized by the University of Illinois Champagne-Urbana. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/120interiorsinco00baer/page/6/mode/1upStaircase. Edgar Wood – Manchester. Page 7 of 120 interiors in colours, designed by modern artists. Collections of and digitalized by the University of Illinois Champagne-Urbana. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/120interiorsinco00baer/page/7/mode/1upStaircase landing. Lassen, Dresden. 8 of 120 interiors in colours, designed by modern artists. Collections of and digitalized by the University of Illinois Champagne-Urbana. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/120interiorsinco00baer/page/8/mode/1upStaircase landing. Emil Schaudt, Berlin. 9 of 120 interiors in colours, designed by modern artists. Collections of and digitalized by the University of Illinois Champagne-Urbana. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/120interiorsinco00baer/page/9/mode/1upProfessor Richard Guhr- Dresden. Decorative Paintings. 1912. Page 10 of 120 interiors in colours, designed by modern artists. Collections of and digitalized by the University of Illinois Champagne-Urbana. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/120interiorsinco00baer/page/10/mode/1upEdgar Wood – Manchester – Staircase landing. 1912. Page 11 of 120 interiors in colours, designed by modern artists. Collections of and digitalized by the University of Illinois Champagne-Urbana. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/120interiorsinco00baer/page/11/mode/1upP. A. Staynes and A. T. Wolfe – London. Vestibule. 1912. Page 12 of 120 interiors in colours, designed by modern artists. Collections of and digitalized by the University of Illinois Champagne-Urbana. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/120interiorsinco00baer/page/12/mode/1up
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