THE DECORATION OF HOUSES. By Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman, Architect. 204 pages of text, with 56 full-page Photographic Plates of Views of Rooms, Doors, Ceilings, Fireplaces, various pieces of Furniture, &c., from the Renaissance period. Large square 8vo, cloth gilt, price 12s. 6d. net.
This volume, written by an American Lady Artist, and an Architect, describes and illustrates in a very interesting way the Decorative treatment of Rooms during the Renaissance period, and deduces principles for the decoration, furnishing, and arrangements of Modern Houses.
"... has illustrations which are beautiful ... because they illustrate the sound and simple principle of decoration which the authors put forward.... The book is one which should be in the library of every man and woman of means, for its advice is characterised by so much common sense as well as by the best of taste."—The Queen.
THE HISTORIC STYLES OF ORNAMENT. Containing 1,500 examples from all countries and all periods, exhibited on 100 Plates, mostly printed in gold and colours. With historical and descriptive text translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. Folio, handsomely bound in cloth, gilt, price £1 5s. net.
This work has been designed to serve as a practical guide for the purpose of showing the development of Ornament, and the application of colour to it in various countries through the epochs of history. The work illustrates not only Flat Ornament, but also many Decorative Objects, such as Metal-Work, Pottery and Porcelain, Lace, Enamel, Mosaic, Illumination, Stained Glass, Jewellery, Bookbinding, &c., showing the application of Ornament to Industrial Art.
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A MANUAL OF HISTORIC ORNAMENT, being an Account of the Development of Architecture and the Historic Arts, for the use of Students and Craftsmen. By Richard Glazier, A.R.I.B.A., Headmaster of the Manchester School of Art. Containing 42 Plates and 100 Illustrations in the text. Demy 8vo, cloth. Price 5s.
The object of this book is to furnish students with a concise account of Historic Ornament, in which the rise of each style is noted, and its characteristic features illustrated. It contains upwards of 400 subjects drawn by the author, and includes examples of Architectural Detail and Plastic Ornament, Pottery, Textile Fabrics, Glass, Metal-work, Mosaic, Painted Faïence, &c., &c. of various countries.
A MANUAL OF PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION IN THE ART OF BRASS REPOUSSÉ FOR AMATEURS. By Gawthorp (Art Metal Worker to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales). Second and enlarged Edition. With 32 Illustrations, many from photographs of executed designs. Crown 8vo, in wrapper. Price 1s. net.
OLD CLOCKS AND WATCHES AND THEIR MAKERS. By F. J. Britten, Secretary of the Horological Institute. Being an Account of the History of Clocks and Watches, their Mechanism and Ornamentation, to which is appended a List of 8,000 Old Makers, with descriptive Notes. Containing over 400 Illustrations, many reproduced from photographs, of choice and curious examples, of Clocks and Watches of the past in England and abroad, including the finely-ornamented Bracket Clocks of the XVIIth Century, with their ingenious mechanism, and the tall and elegant cases of the XVIIIth Century, also a selection of Portraits of the most renowned Masters of the Clockmaker's Art. 512 pages. Demy 8vo, cloth, gilt. Price 10s. net.