The Art Of Interior Decoration

About this eBook

Author

Burbank, Emily

Title

The Art of Interior Decoration

Credits

Produced by Stan Goodman, Karen Dalrymple, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

NK: Fine Arts: Decorative and Applied Arts, Decoration and Ornament

Subject

Furniture

Category

Text

eBook-No.

14298

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14298

Release Date

December 8, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE ART OF INTERIOR DECORATION — PLATE I — THE ART OF INTERIOR DECORATION — BY
2. 2.EMILY BURBANK — ILLUSTRATED — NEW YORK DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 1917
3. 3.FOREWORD
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS — THE ART OF INTERIOR DECORATION
6. 6.CHAPTER I — HOW TO REARRANGE A ROOM — PLATE II — PLATE III — PLATE IV
7. 7.CHAPTER II — HOW TO CREATE A ROOM — PLATE V — PLATE VI — PLATE VII
8. 8.CHAPTER III — HOW TO DETERMINE CHARACTER OF HANGINGS AND FURNITURE-COVERING FOR A GIVEN ROOM — PLATE VIII
9. 9.CHAPTER IV — THE STORY OF TEXTILES — PLATE IX
10. 10.CHAPTER V — CANDLESTICKS, LAMPS, FIXTURES FOR GAS AND ELECTRICITY, AND SHADES — PLATE X
11. 11.CHAPTER VI — WINDOW SHADES AND AWNINGS — PLATE XI
12. 12.CHAPTER VII — TREATMENT OF PICTURES AND PICTURE FRAMES — PLATE XII
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII — TREATMENT OF PIANO CASES — PLATE XIII
14. 14.CHAPTER IX — TREATMENT OF DINING-ROOM BUFFETS AND DRESSING-TABLES
15. 15.CHAPTER X — TREATMENT OF WORK TABLES, BIRD CAGES, DOG BASKETS AND FISH GLOBES — PLATE XIV
16. 16.CHAPTER XI — TREATMENT OF FIREPLACES
17. 17.CHAPTER XII — TREATMENT OF BATHROOMS — PLATE XV — PLATE XVI
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII — PERIOD ROOMS
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV — PERIODS IN FURNITURE
20. 20.CHAPTER XV — CONTINUATION OF PERIODS IN FURNITURE
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI — THE GOTHIC PERIOD
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII — THE RENAISSANCE — PLATE XVII
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII — FRENCH FURNITURE — PLATE XVIII
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX — THE PERIODS OF THE THREE LOUIS — PLATE XIX — PLATE XX
25. 25.CHAPTER XX — CHARTS SHOWING HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF FURNITURE
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI — THE MAHOGANY PERIOD
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII — THE COLONIAL PERIOD
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII — THE REVIVAL OF DIRECTOIRE AND EMPIRE FURNITURE — PLATE XXI
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV — THE VICTORIAN PERIOD
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV — PAINTED FURNITURE
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI — TREATMENT OF AN INEXPENSIVE BEDROOM — PLATE XXII
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII — TREATMENT OF A GUEST ROOM — PLATE XXIII
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII — A MODERN HOUSE IN WHICH GENUINE JACOBEAN FURNITURE IS APPROPRIATELY SET — PLATE XXIV
34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX — UNCONVENTIONAL BREAKFAST-ROOMS AND SPORTS BALCONIES — PLATE XXV
35. 35.CHAPTER XXX — SUN-ROOMS — PLATE XXVI
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI — TREATMENT OF A WOMAN'S DRESSING-ROOM — PLATE XXVII
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII — THE TREATMENT OF CLOSETS
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII — TREATMENT OF A NARROW HALL — PLATE XXVIII
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV — TREATMENT OF A VERY SHADED LIVING-ROOM
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV — SERVANTS' ROOMS
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVI — TABLE DECORATION — PLATE XXIX
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVII — WHAT TO AVOID IN INTERIOR DECORATION: RULES FOR BEGINNERS — PLATE XXX
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVIII — FADS IN COLLECTING — PLATE XXXI
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXIX — WEDGWOOD POTTERY, OLD AND MODERN — PLATE XXXII
45. 45.CHAPTER XL — ITALIAN POTTERY
46. 46.CHAPTER XLI — VENETIAN GLASS, OLD AND MODERN
47. 47.IN CONCLUSION
48. 48.INDEX — THE END

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