ABSTRACT
Interior decoration, at its best, certainly demands very varied and exact knowledge. A man or woman may paint pictures or model statues which deal with the emotions of nature or the vicissitudes of life, and the work may be absolutely complete as a picture or statue, appealing to human feeling and gaining entire approval from art lovers, even where the author of it has the gifts or genius of the artist without the wider education demanded by other professions. The apparently instinctive knowledge which women have of textiles, and which men have hot; the intimate knowledge of the conveniences of domestic life – conveniences which may also be used as factors in a scheme of beauty – are great advantages to women who make this choice of a profession. The woman with cultivation and taste and an instinct for arrangement, even without special education, is entirely competent for this limited field.
