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DISTINCTIVE DUTCH BOY INTERIORS Second of4 series ofadver tisements describing inte riors decorated with Dutch Boy white-lead and Dutch Boy flatting oil. ONE ofthe bedroom suites in tfve Hotel Pennsylvania, Philadel phia. All the bedrooms in thif hotel u/ere decoratedinaccordancewith color plans and specifi cations submitted by National Lead Com pany's Department of Decoration. Bedroom Decorative Plan of the Hotel Pennsylvania;, Philadelphia IN the decoration of the bedrooms in the Hotel Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, a definite plan was followed. This plan was prepared by color specialists in the Department or Decoration of National Systematic scheme ofpainted finishes used in the bed rooms and corridors each group of bedrooms--samples of the colors recommended ana their mixing formulas were supplied for the painters. In this way the correct colors were assured. Lead Company. It provided different color schemes for dif All the decorative painring in the Hotel Pennsylvania ferent rooms and floors, and took into consideration the was done with Dutch Boy white-lead and Dutch Boy flat exposure and amount of light received in each room. A ser ting oil--a paint that can be tinted to any desired color. Its or standard paint specifications was furnished the contractor. unlimited color range makes this painc extremely adaptable The building was divided into halves. The upper floors, to interior decorating work of any kind. And it produces a where light is abundant, were treated as a unit. Then the handsome, flat finish which repeated soap-and-water wash problem of exposure was considered. Rooms with ings will not mar. northern exposure were decorated in a warm yellow-buff. For rooms on the south side, a cool gray-gteen was used. Write our Department of Decoration In the eastern and western rooms, colors of moderate inten sity were employed--a neutral gray for western exposure, and a warmer, more delicate -gray, verging upon lavender, for eastern exposure. On the lower floors, where the rooms receive less light, The services of our Department of Decoration are at your disposal without obligation. The colot specialists in this department will be pleased to work with you on any deco rating problem. Write them in care of our nearest branch. the same colors were used, but in lighter tints. In this way the walls were made to reflect as much light as possible, while following the same color scheme. In the corridors, where illumination is largely artificial, a light yellow-buff was employed. And four-foot-high dados in deeper buff were established in order to simplify the problem of effacing dirt and mechanical injuries. For each of the colot schemes--for the corridors and for NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY New York, 111 Broadway Boston, 800 Albany St. Buffalo, 116 Oak St. Chicago. 900 West 18m Sr. Cincinnati, 659 Freeman Ave. Cleveland.920 WestSuperiot Ave. Sc. Louis, 722 Chestnut St. San Francisco, 485 California St. Pittsburgh.NationalLead & OilCo. of Pa., jl6Foutth Ave. Philadelphia, JohnT. Lewis & Bros. Co., 437 Chestnut Sc. This Advertisement Appears in The Architectural Forum, February, 1927; American Architect, February, 1927; Journal of American Institute of Architects, February, 1927 I