Author:
Edith Wharton
Title:
The decoration of houses
Original publication date:
1897
Publisher:
New York : Charles Scribner's Sons
Subject (keywords, tags):
Interior decoration
Book awards:
CounterPunch's Top 100 [and a few more] Non-fiction Works of the 20th Century,
Epigraph: "Une forme doit être belle en elle-méme et on ne doit jamais compter sur le décor appliqué pour en sauver les imperfections.” Henri Mayeux: 'La composition décorative'.
First words: Rooms may be decorated in two ways: by a superficial application of ornament totally independent of structure, or by means of those architectural features which are part of the organism of every house
Contributor: University of California Libraries
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ISBNs:
0393038858 0393044688 0393312607 0847829162
Format:
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Size: 139 kb
