The House in Good Taste
by Elsie De Wolfe
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About this eBook
- Author
- De Wolfe, Elsie, 1865-1950
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Charles Aldarondo, Melissa Er-Raqabi, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- NK: Fine Arts: Decorative and Applied Arts, Decoration and Ornament
- Subject
- Interior decoration
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 14715
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14715
- Release Date
- January 17, 2005
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.The House in Good Taste — By
- 2.Elsie de Wolfe — Illustrated with photographs in color and black and white — 1913
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5.I
- 6.THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN HOUSE
- 7.SUITABILITY, SIMPLICITY AND PROPORTION
- 8.THE OLD WASHINGTON IRVING HOUSE
- 9.THE LITTLE HOUSE OF MANY MIRRORS
- 10.THE TREATMENT OF WALLS
- 11.THE EFFECTIVE USE OF COLOR
- 12.OF DOORS, AND WINDOWS, AND CHINTZ
- 13.THE PROBLEM OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT
- 14.HALLS AND STAIRCASES
- 15.THE DRAWING-ROOM
- 16.THE LIVING-ROOM
- 17.SITTING-ROOM AND BOUDOIR
- 18.A LIGHT, GAY DINING-ROOM
- 19.THE BEDROOM
- 20.THE DRESSING-ROOM AND THE BATH
- 21.THE SMALL APARTMENT
- 22.REPRODUCTIONS OF ANTIQUE FURNITURE AND OBJECTS OF ART
- 23.THE ART OF TRELLIAGE
- 24.VILLA TRIANON
- 25.NOTES ON MANY THINGS — A LITTLE TALK ON CLOCKS. — A CORNER FOR WRITING. — STOOLS AND BENCHES. — PORCELAIN STOVES. — THE CHARM OF INDOOR FOUNTAINS.
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