The Decoration of Houses

by Edith Wharton; Ogden Codman

INDEX

• Adam, ceiling ornaments of, [93]
• Andirons, [84]
• Appliques, in hall and staircase, [119]
• Araldi's ceiling in the convent of St. Paul, Parma, [97]
• Architrave of door, see [Doorway];
  • of mantel-piece, [82]
• Arm-chair, modern, [128]
• Armoires, old French and Italian, [117]
• Ashby, Castle, Inigo Jones's stairs in, [111]
• Aviler, d', his description of dining-room fountain, [158]

• Ball-room, [137];
  • in Italy, [138];
  • Louis XIV, [139];
  • lighting of, [140];
  • chairs, [140]
• Barry, Madame du, dining-room of, [156]
• Bath-room, [172];
  • in Pitti Palace, [172]
• Bedroom, development of, [162];
  • Renaissance, [162];
  • Louis XIV, [162];
  • XVIII-century, [163];
  • cotton hangings in, [164];
  • suite, plan of, [169];
  • children's, [182]
• Bedstead, history of, [163]
• Belvédère, at Versailles, frescoes in, [42]
• Bérain, ceiling arabesques of, [98]
• Bergère, origin of, [7];
  • design of, [128]
• Bernini, his staircase in the Vatican, [108]
• Bindings, decorative value of, [146]
• Blinds, [73]
• Blois, spiral stairs in court-yard of château, [109];
  • cabinet of Catherine de' Medici, [123]
• Blondel, on doors, [58];
  • on fireplaces, [74]
• Book-cases, medieval, [145];
  • in Catherine de' Medici's cabinet, [145];
  • in France in the XVII century, [146];
  • built into the wall, [147];
  • in England, [149];
  • modern, [148]
• Books in the middle ages, [145];
  • in the Renaissance, [146]
• Bosse, Abraham, engravings of Louis XIII interiors, [69];
  • examples of state bedrooms, [123]
• Boudoir, [130];
  • modern decoration of, [170]
• Bramante, his use of the mezzanin floor, [5]
• Breakfast-room, [160]
• Bric-à-brac, definition of, [184];
  • knowledge of, [187];
  • superiority of old over new, [190]
• Burckhardt, on medieval house-planning, [107], note
• Byfield, G., his stairs at Hurlingham, [111]

• Cabinet, Italian origin of, [123];
  • used in French Renaissance houses, [123];
  • of Catherine de' Medici, book-cases in, [145]
• Campbell's Vitruvius Britannicus, example of Palladian manner, [4];
  • of English house-planning, [135]
• Carpets, in general color-scheme, [29];
  • choice of, [100];
  • Savonnerie, [100];
  • designs of, [101];
  • stair-carpets, [102], [118];
  • hall-carpets, [118]
• Caserta, staircase in royal palace, [108]
• Casino del Grotto, near Mantua, frescoes in, [42];
  • ceilings in, [98]
• Casts in vestibule, [105];
  • in hall, [118];
  • in school-room, [178]
• Ceilings, [89];
  • timbered, [90];
  • in France and England, [91];
  • Elizabethan, [92];
  • Louis XIII, [92];
  • Louis XV, [92];
  • Louis XVI, [93];
  • Adam, [93], [96];
  • objections to wooden, [94];
  • modern treatment of, [95];
  • frescoed, [97]
• Chambord, staircase at, [109]
• Chambre de parade, [123]
• Chandeliers, [140], [159]
• Chanteloup, library of, [149]
• Chantilly, stair-rail at, [113]
• Chevening, Inigo Jones's stairs at, [111]
• Cheverny, fireplace at, [74]
• Chinese art, influence of, on stuff patterns, [166]
• Chippendale's designs for grates, [81]
• "Colonial" style, the, [81]
• Color, use of, in decoration, [28];
  • predominance of one color in each room, [28];
  • color-schemes, [29]
• Cornices, interior, Durand on, [94]
• Cortile, Italian, modern adaptation of, [117]
• Coutant d'Ivry's stair-rail in the Palais Royal, [113]
• Curtains, mediæval and Renaissance, [69];
  • in XVII and XVIII centuries, [70];
  • muslin, [72]

• Dado, the, [37];
  • sometimes omitted in lobbies and corridors, [38]
• Decoration and furniture, harmony between, [13];
  • individuality in decoration, [17];
  • graduated scheme of, [24]
• "Den," furniture of, [152];
  • decoration of, [153]
• Dining-chairs, mediæval, [156];
  • XVII century, [159];
  • XVIII century, [159]
• Dining-room, origin of, [155];
  • in France, [154];
  • in England, [155];
  • furniture of, [156];
  • French, XVIII century, [157];
  • fountains in, [158];
  • decoration of modern, [160];
  • lighting of, [160];
  • state, [160];
  • heating of, [161]
• Dining-table, mediæval, [156];
  • modern, [161]
• Donowell, J., his stairs at West Wycombe, [111]
• Doors, [48];
  • sliding, origin of, [49];
  • double, [49];
  • mediæval, [51];
  • in palace of Urbino, [52];
  • in Italy, [52]-54;
  • locks and hinges, [55];
  • in the Hôtels de Rohan, de Soubise, and de Toulouse, [56];
  • glass doors, [57];
  • treatment in England, [57];
  • mahogany, [58];
  • panelling, principles of, [59];
  • veneering, [61];
  • concealed doors, [61];
  • entrance-door, [103]
• Doorway, proper dimensions of, [51], [60];
  • treatment of, in Italy, [52];
  • in France, [55];
  • in England, [57]
• Drawing-room, in modern town houses, [20];
  • evolution of, in England, [122];
  • in France, [122];
  • origin of modern, [124];
  • treatment of, in England and America, [124];
  • furniture of, [127]
• Dressing-room, [171]
• Duchesse, [130]
• Durand, J. L. N., on originality in architecture, [10];
  • on interior cornices, [94]

• Easton Neston, use of panel-pictures at, [46]
• Entrance, treatment of, [103];
  • entrance-door, [103]

• Fenders, [85]
• Fire-backs, [80]
• Fire-boards, [86]
• Fireplaces, [74];
  • mediæval, construction of, [75];
  • in Italy, [75];
  • in France, [76];
  • lining of, [80];
  • American, [81];
  • accessories of, [84]
• Fire-screens, [86]
• Floors, [89];
  • of brick or stone, [99];
  • marble and mosaic, in Italy, [99];
  • parquet, [99];
  • of vestibule, [104];
  • of ball-room, [140]
• Fontana, his staircase in the royal palace, Naples, [108]
• Fountains in dining-rooms, [158]
• Fresco-painting, in wall-decoration, [41];
  • examples of, in Italy and France, [42];
  • in ceiling-decoration, [97];
  • in Italy, [97];
  • in France, [98];
  • in Italian gala rooms, [139]
• Furniture, in the middle ages, [7];
  • furniture and decoration, harmony between, [25];
  • modern English and American, [26];
• XVIII century, in France and England, [27];
  • in vestibule, [105];
  • in hall, [117];
  • in salon de compagnie, [125];
  • in drawing-room, [127], [128];
  • English, XVIII century, [129];
  • in dining-room, [156];
  • in bedroom, [171];
  • in school-room, [180]

• Gabriel, influence of, on ornamental detail, [56];
  • on ceilings, [93];
  • on stair-rails, [114]
• Gala rooms, [134];
  • uses of, [135];
  • in Italy, [136]
• Gallery, [137]
• Genoa, royal palace, doors in, [54]
• Gibbons, Grinling, carvings for panel-pictures, [46]
• Gilding, deterioration of, [192]
• Giulio Romano's frescoes in the Palazzo del T, [136]
• Grand'salle, mediæval, [110]
• Grates, [81]
• Gwilt, his definition of staircase, [106]

• Hall, [106];
  • old English, [110];
  • uses of, [115];
  • modern treatment of, [115];
  • decoration of, [117];
  • furniture, [117];
  • floor of, [118];
  • lighting of, [119];
  • prints and pictures in, [119]
• Holkham, over-mantels at, [81]
• Hôtel de Rohan, doors in, [56]
  • de Soubise, doors in, [56]
  • de Toulouse, doors in, [56]
• Houghton Hall, doors in, [57], note
• House, Carlton, stair-rail in, [114]
  • Devonshire, stair-rail in, [114]
  • Norfolk, stair-rail in, [114]

• Individuality in decoration, [17]
• Isabella of Este's apartment at Mantua, doorways in, [52]

• Jones, Inigo, his introduction of Palladian manner in England, [4], note;
  • influence on ceiling-decoration, [92];
  • on plan of English hall, [110];
  • his stairs at Castle Ashby, [111];
  • at Chevening, [111]
• Juvara, his staircase in the Palazzo Madama, Turin, [108]

• Lambrequin, origin of, [71]
• Lamour, Jean, his wrought-iron work at Nancy, [112]
• Lantern in vestibule, [105]
• Laurano, Luciano da, palace of Urbino built by, [6]
• Lebrun, door-locks in Galerie d'Apollon designed by, [55]
• Le Riche, frescoes of, in Belvédère, Versailles, [42]
• Library, [145];
  • in the university at Nancy, [149];
  • of Louis XVI, at Versailles, [149];
  • of Chanteloup, [149];
  • modern, decoration of, [150]
• Lit de parade, [122]
• Lit de repos, [130]
• Longhi, frescoes of, in Palazzo Sina, Venice, [143]
• Louis XIII, windows, [69];
  • ceilings, [92]
• Louis XIV, modern house-furnishing dates from his reign, [8];
  • style, characteristics of, [14];
  • window-shutters, [69];
  • influence on French, [77];
  • mantels, [78];
  • ceilings, [98];
  • stair-rails, [112];
  • ball-rooms, [140]
• Louis XV style, characteristics of, [13];
  • doors, [56];
  • ceilings, [92];
  • wrought-iron work, [112];
  • stair-rails, [113]
• Louis XVI style, characteristics of, [12];
  • Gabriel's influence on, [56], [93];
  • doors, [57];
  • ceilings, [93];
  • stair-rails, [114]
• Luciennes, Madame du Barry's dining-room at, [157]

• Mantegna's ceiling, palace of Mantua, [97]
• Mantel-pieces, Italian Renaissance, [77];
  • French Renaissance, [77];
  • Louis XIV, [78];
  • XVIII century, [79];
  • American, [82];
  • facing of, [83]
• Mantua, doorways in palace, [52], [54];
  • Mantegna's ceiling in, [97];
  • cabinet of Isabella of Este, [123]
• Mario dei Fiori, [139]
• Massimi alle Colonne, palace of, in Rome, [6]
• Mezzanin, origin of, [5]; treatment of, [6]
• Ministère de la Marine, Paris, door in, [61]
• Mirrors, use of, in over-mantel, [79];
  • painted, in Borghese Palace, Rome, [139];
  • in ball-rooms, [141]
• Morelli's staircase in Palazzo Braschi, Rome, [108]
• Morning-room, [132]
• Mullions, use of, [66]
• Music-room, [142];
  • at Remiremont, [143]
• Music-stand, [144]
• Music-stool, [144]

• Nancy, wrought-iron work at, [112];
  • library in the university, [149]
• Naples, staircase in royal palace, [108]
• Niches, in hall and staircase, [117]
• Nursery, [181]

• Oberkampf, inventor of color-printing on cotton, [166]
• Object of art, definition of, [187];
  • reproductions of, [191]
• Openings, placing and proportion of, [23];
  • lines of, carried up to ceiling, [37], [52], [65], [74];
  • treatment of, in rocaille style, [56]
• Orders, use of, in wall-decoration, [36];
  • application to doorways in Italy, [53];
  • in France, [54];
  • in England, [57];
  • in ball-rooms, [139]
• Originality in art, [9];
  • J. L. N. Durand on, [10]
• Over-doors, mediæval treatment of, [52];
  • in Italy, [53];
  • in France, [55];
  • Louis XVI, [57]
• Over-mantels, Renaissance, [76];
  • use of mirror in, [79];
  • XVIII-century treatment, [79];
  • in England, [81]

• Palais Royal, stair-rail in, [113]
• Palazzo Borghese, Rome, painted mirrors in, [139]
  • Braschi, Rome, staircase in, [108]
  • Gondi, Florence, stairs in, [108]
  • Labia, Venice, frescoes in, [136]
  • Madama, Turin, staircase in, [108]
  • Massimi alle Colonne, Rome, date of, [6]
  • Piccolomini, at Pienza, staircase in, [108], note
  • Pitti, Florence, bath-room in, [172]
  • Reale, Caserta, staircase in, [108]
  • Reale, Naples, staircase in, [108]
  • Riccardi, staircase in, [108], note
  • Sina, Venice, frescoes in, [143]
  • del T, Mantua, frescoes in, [136]
• Palladian window, [67]
• Panelling, in Italy and north of the Alps, [40];
  • wood, stone and stucco, [40], [42];
  • subdivisions of, [43]
• Parma, Araldi's ceiling in convent of St. Paul, [97];
  • rocaille stoves in museum, [121]
• Pavia, Certosa of, doorways in, [52]
• Perroquets, [141]
• Perugia, ceiling in the Sala del Cambio, [97]
• Perugino's ceiling in the Sala del Cambio, Perugia, [97]
• Peruzzi, Baldassare, his use of the mezzanin, [5]
• Piano, design of, [143]
• Pictures, proper background for, [45];
  • mode of hanging, [46];
  • in hall, [119];
  • in dining-room, [160];
  • in school-room, [180]
• Picture-frames, selection of, [45]
• Plan of house in relation to decoration, [23]
• Plate-glass in windows, [67]
• Pompadour, Madame de, dining-room fountain of, [158]
• Pompeii, wall-frescoes of, [41]
• Portière, use of, [59]
• Presses, old English, [117]
• Prints in hall, [120];
  • in school-room, [180]
• Privacy, modern indifference to, [22]
• Proportion, definition of, [31];
  • Isaac Ware on, [32]
• Pyne's Royal Residences, examples of pictures set in panels, [46]

• Rambouillet, Madame de, her influence on house-planning, [8]
• Raphael, ceilings of, [97]
• Remiremont, music-room at, [143]
• Renaissance, characteristics of domestic architecture, [4];
  • doors, [52];
  • window-curtains, [69];
  • mantels, [76], [77];
  • ceilings, [90]-92;
  • French architects of, [109]
• Rennes, Palais de Justice, carved wooden ceilings, [89]
• Rugs, Oriental, [29], [100];
  • modern European, [101]

• Salon à l'Italienne, see [Saloon]
• Salon de compagnie, origin and use of, [123], [125];
  • decoration and furniture of, [125];
  • lighting of, [126]
• Salon de famille, origin and use of, [123]
• Saloon, adaptation of, in England by Inigo Jones, [111];
  • introduction in France, [123];
  • uses in Italy, [136];
  • at Vaux-le-Vicomte, [137]
• School-room, [172];
  • decoration of, [178]
• Screen in Tudor halls, [110]
• Shobden Court, stairs in, [111]
• Shutters, interior decoration of, [69];
  • at Vaux-le-Vicomte, [69];
  • in rooms of Mesdames de France, Versailles, [69];
  • purpose of, [72]
• Sideboard, mediæval, [156];
  • in France, [157]
• Smoking-room, [151]
• Stairs, [106];
  • development of, in Italy, [107];
  • in the Palladian period, [108];
  • in the XVII and XVIII centuries, [108];
  • spiral, [109];
  • in hall, in England, [111];
  • construction of, in Italy, [112];
  • in France, [112]
• Stair-carpets, [118]
• Staircase, meaning of term, [106];
  • walls of, [117];
  • in simple houses, [119];
  • lighting of, [119]
• Stair-rails, in Italy and France, [112];
  • Louis XIV and XV, [113];
  • Louis XVI and Empire, [113];
  • Tudor and Elizabethan, [114];
  • Palladian, in England, [114]
• Stoves, use of, in hall, [120];
  • examples of old stoves, [121];
  • in dining-room, [161]
• Stucco, use of, in decoration, [40];
  • panelling, in Italy, [40];
  • in ceilings, [90];
  • in Elizabethan ceilings, [92];
  • combined with painting, [97]
• Stuff hangings, [44]
• Stupinigi, frescoes at, [42];
  • over-mantels at, [80]
• Styles, essence of, [11];
  • conformity to, [13]
• Symmetry, definition of, [33];
  • advantages of, [34]

• Tapestry, use of, in northern Europe, [39];
  • its subordination to architectural lines of room, [39]
• Tiepolo, frescoes of, in the Villa Valmarana, [42];
  • in the Palazzo Labia, [136]
• Titian's "Presentation of the Virgin," doorway in, [53]
• Toiles de Jouy, [166]
• Trianon-sous-Bois, fountains in banqueting-gallery, [158]

• Udine, Giovanni da, ceilings of, in collaboration with Raphael, [97]
• Urbino, ducal palace of, [6];
  • doors in, [52];
  • fireplace in, [74];
  • cabinet of Isabella of Este, [123];

• Vanvitelli's staircase at Caserta, [108]
• Vatican, Bernini's staircase in, [108]
• Vault, the Roman, influence of, on ceilings, [191]
• Vaux-le-Vicomte, interior shutters at, [69];
  • saloon at, [137]
• Versailles, frescoes in Belvédère, [42];
  • windows in rooms of Mesdames de France, [68];
  • shutters in same, [69];
  • library of Louis XVI, [148]
• Vestibule, [104];
  • furniture of, [105];
  • lighting of, [105];
  • absence of, in English house-planning, [110]
• Villa, Italian, chief features of, [4], note
• Villa Giacomelli, at Maser, over-mantel in, [76];
  • Madama, in Rome, ceiling of loggia, [97];
  • Rotonda, near Vicenza, saloon in, [136];
  • Valmarana, near Vicenza, frescoes in, [42];
  • Vertemati, near Chiavenna, over-mantel in, [76];
  • carved wooden ceiling in, [89]
• Viollet-le-Duc, on doorways, [52], note;
  • on mediæval house-planning, [109]
• Voguë, Hôtel, at Dijon, [7]

• Wall-decoration, [38]
• Wall-papers, [44]
• Walls, [31]
• Ware, Isaac, on proportion, [32];
  • on sliding doors, [49];
  • his definition of staircase, [106]
• West Wycombe, Donowell's stairs at, [111]
• Windows, decorative value of, [64];
  • dimensions of, [65];
  • plate-glass in, [67];
  • French or casement, [68];
  • sash, [68];
  • curtains, [69], [70];
  • shutters, [69], [72];
  • lambrequin, [71];
  • muslin curtains, [72];
  • blinds, [73]
• Wood-box, [86]