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applied architectural areas arrangement background bamboo Baroque blue broken colour brush burnt umber ceiling Chinese Chinoiserie chintz cloth collection contrast cornice create cupboard dado rail dark darker decorative display distemper doors dragged edges effect eggshell eighteenth century emulsion fabric faked panelling finish Fitted Room floor frame furniture gilding glaze gloss gouache grain green grey highlights interiors lacquer LEFT light liming lines London look marbling modern motifs mouldings nineteenth century off-white oil paint oil-based oriental pale palette Palladian paper pattern pigments plaster porcelain prints produce raw umber RIGHT Rococo sample scheme scumble scumble glaze shade shadows shelves simulate skirting spattered sponge stencil stippler stippling stone Stony Room style subtle surface technique texture thin tiles tinted tones tongued and grooved top coat traditional translucent trompe l'oeil turpentine undercoat universal stainers varnish vertical wall wallpaper water-based white spirit wood yellow ochre