The decoration of houses
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The decoration of houses
（The Classical America series in art and architecture）
Norton, 1978
- : pbk
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Reprint of the 1902 ed. published by Scribner, New York; with additional material
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Individuality in house-furnishing has seldom been more harped upon than at the present time. The cheap originality which finds expression in putting things to uses for which they were not intended is often confounded with individuality; whereas the latter consists not in an attempt to be different from other people at the cost of comfort, but in the desire to be comfortable in one's own way, even though it be the way of a monotonously large majority. It seems easier to most people to arrange a room like some one else's than to analyze and express their own needs.
-from Chapter II: "Rooms in General"
This classic 1898 manual of interior design is considered a standard reference of the art, and perfectly useful more than a century later. Here, renowned American architect OGDEN CODMAN, JR. (1863-1951) is joined by American author EDITH WHARTON (1862-1937), whose novels, including The House of Mirth (1905) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Age of Innocence (1920), took us into the wealthy-and tasteful-New York society she hailed from. Together, they offer timeless advice on such matters as:
the importance of balance and symmetry
how to avoid the superficial application of ornament
the necessity of adhering to proportion
the proper material for fireplace andirons
the usages of cornices
the decoration of windows
and much, much more.
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