Not all fantastical art was created for books. This is a decorative oil panel by Howard Cushing—commissioned to decorate a room (that's a lot of what our studio does--some of my best artwork has only been seen by affluent families and their friends). [http://mydelineatedlife.blogspot.com/2009/07/] Detail of the painted panels in Williard Straight's dressing room. Architects, Delano & Aldrich, worked closely with Cushing to provide exotic esthetics to the interiors they designed, including Cushing's own residence on E. 70th Street and Willard Straight's New York City apartment where these Oriental water fantasies on panels were painted for an oval dressing room. [http://madammeow-hollygaboriault.blogspot.com/2011/11/paintings-by-howard-cushinghoward-who.html]