The practical book of interior decoration /
by Harold Donaldson Eberlein, Abbot McClure and Edward Stratton Holloway ; with 7 plates in colour, 283 in doubletone, and a chart.
- xx, 451 pages, 173 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), table, diagrams ; 26 cm
Includes index. Most of the plates printed on both sides.
part I. Historic period decoration in England, Italy, Spain and France: Interior decoration in England prior to the eighteenth century ; Interior decoration in England and America during the eighteenth century ; Interior decoration in Italy prior to the eighteenth century ; Interior decoration in Italy during the eighteenth century ; Interior decoration in Spain prior to the eighteenth century ; Interior decoration in Spain during the eighteenth century ; Interior decoration in France prior to the eighteenth century ; Interior decoration in France during the eighteenth century and the first decades of the nineteenth century ; Nineteenth century episodes and after -- part II. Practical decoration and furnishing: The basis of successful decoration ; Colour and colour schemes ; Walls, as decoration and as background ; Floors and their coverings ; Windows and their treatment ; The arrangement and balance of furniture ; Furniture and its choosing ; Decorative textiles ; Artificial lighting ; Mantel decoration and garniture ; Pictures and their framing ; Decorative accessories -- part III. International-inter period decoration and furnishing: Introduction: the assembling of styles ; The Renaissance ; The Baroque seventeenth century ; The Rococo ; The Neo-Classic.