| The Decoration of Houses Revised and Exp Edition Contributor(s): Codman, Ogden (Author), Wharton, Edith (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393312607 ISBN-13: 9780393312607 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1998 Annotation: The expanded edition of this classic text on interior design includes an Introduction by Henry Hope Reed, critical essays, and a portfolio of color plates, along with its original illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Architecture | Decoration & Ornament |
| Dewey: 747 |
| LCCN: 95016802 |
| Series: Classical America Series in Art and Architecture |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 7.57" W x 9.27" (1.17 lbs) 296 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The original text of The Decoration of Houses continues without revision as an authentic classic, perhaps the most important book of its kind ever published. Its carefully reasoned chapters on such aspects of house interiors as fireplaces, ceilings and floors, halls and stairs, are of the greatest value to professionals and serious amateurs concerned with interiors. This expanded edition includes an introduction by Henry Hope Reed and three critical essays by John Barrington Bayley, William A. Coles, and Alvin Holm, AIA. Additions to the album of renderings and photographs of modern and contemporary work in the tradition of Wharton and Codman include a number of important works done in the last decade or so. A portfolio of color plates new to the expanded edition offers the work of such accomplished photographers as Bill Ray and Anne Day. First published in Norton paperback in 1978 in association with Classical America. A selection of Book-of-the-Month Club and Newbridge Book Clubs. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wharton, Edith: - Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer and designer Edith Wharton (1862-1937) is the author of The House of Mirth, The Age of Innocence, Ethan Frome, The Decoration of Houses, and many other books. |