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Some of the methods by which the embellishment of walls and ceilings can be achieved by means of stencilling are extremely simple, and their effectiveness when finished is far out of proportion to the smallness of the time, the labor, and the cost involved. Some of these methods it is intended briefly to indicate in this article, and the reader

will find no difficulty in following out the directions which follow.

Fig. 88 shows a simple treatment in ashlar work suited for ornamenting a dado. Stencils have been arranged with a particular aim to their use for a drawing-room or parlor, and as giving a sensation of more decided elegance and delicacy of environment than does wall paper or paint. We have a deep frieze (Fig. 89), a base and scroll-pattern border (Fig. 90), and an ornament for the ceiling (Fig.