The Decoration of Houses (Dover Architecture)

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Thousands of books on interior design have come and gone because the 1897 publication of this pioneering manual, but The Decoration of Houses remains, thanks to the insightful and inspiring advice of its co-authors. Before she became the Pulitzer Prize–winning writer of The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton was once a society matron, remodeling a summer home in Newport, Rhode Island. With the in a position assistance of architect Ogden Codman, Jr., Wharton assembled this corrective to the rampant vulgarity of her nouveau riche neighbors. Wharton and Codman defied the excesses of the Gilded Age, counseling readers to reject the preferred penchant for clutter in favor of simplicity and balance.
More than an engaging item of period charm, this historic guide offers examples of design rooted in architectural principles. Black-and-white photographs illustrate the authors’ ideals of classic beauty, depicting grand ballrooms and spacious boudoirs in addition to the elements common to homes of each and every size and era: doors and windows, walls and ceilings, floors, halls, and stairs. One of the most genre’s most necessary and influential titles, this volume sparked a Renaissance in American interior design, and its sound advice and practical approach remain perpetually in style.


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