The decoration of houses

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-283) and index.


Introductory notes / by Arthur Ross -- In the American public building -- the classical interior par excellence / by Henry Hope Reed -- Text of The decoration of Houses. Introduction; The historical tradition ; Rooms in general ; Walls ; Doors ; Windows ; Fireplaces ; Ceilings and floors ; Entrance and vestibule ; Hall and stairs ; The drawing-room, boudoir, and morning-room ; Gala rooms: ball-room, saloon, music-room, gallery ; The library, smoking-room, and "den" ; The dining-room ; Bedrooms ; The school-room and nurseries ; Bric-à-brac ; Conclusion -- Color plates -- A portfolio of pictures of interiors and details/done according to the canon of The decoration of houses -- The critical essays. The decoration of houses as a practical handbook / by John Barrington Bayley ; The genesis of a classic / by William A. Coles ; The decoration of houses as a basic text / by Alvin Holm.


"The wave of recent attention to Edith Wharton as an arbiter of taste and correct usage in the making of domestic interior rooms and to Ogden Codman, Jr., as a revivalist architect of the first rank has made their reputations in those fields seem more secure than ever." "Yet the original text of The Decoration of Houses continues without revision as an authentic classic; it can be argued that this book is the most important of its kind ever published. Its carefully reasoned chapters on such aspects of house interiors as fireplaces, ceilings and floors, halls and stairs, are of greatest value to professionals and serious amateurs concerned with interiors." "This revised edition of "Wharton-Codman" includes several new features appended to the original text which indicate that the ideals of the authors have a lively continuing tradition - not only in private homes but in important new public interiors. In his introduction, Henry Hope Reed assays the current importance of The Decoration of
Houses. And in a revealing and useful adaptation of a classroom lecture, the architect Alvin Holm carefully advises students (and others who may use this book) as to the best employment of The Decoration of Houses as a textbook."--Jacket.

Provenance

Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection B032: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: JDO/10.

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