[Rarebooks] FS: 1879 Book: Victorian Decorating, Woodwork, Painting

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: "Suggestions for House Decoration in Painting, Woodwork and Furniture"

By Rhoda & Agnes Garrett.
Published in London by Macmillan: 1879. 6th ed.

DISCUSSION: A popular guide to the Aesthetic, or “Queen Anne” style as it
might be applied to the furniture, wallpaper, draperies and other
decorations of a middle-class Victorian home of good taste-

“Every one who has a house of his own may, I hope, find useful hints, for
the rules of good taste apply to the cottage as well as to the manor
house...Expensive decoration has not been advocated; nothing, in fact, but
what may be secured at the same cost as the ugliness which at present
pervades too many even of our wealthiest homes”.

The text is illustrated with 6 wood engraved plates, three of which
feature grand mantelpieces.

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 5”x7.25”, viii + 90 pages, with 1 black & white
text illustration, plus 6 black & white plates; 4 pages of advertisements.
Publisher’s blue cloth with black decoration

CONDITION NOTES: Covers a little worn, but in very nice, clean condition.

PRICE: $150.00

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