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Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher : Charles Scribner
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Decoration of Houses written by Edith Wharton and published by Charles Scribner. This book was released on 1897 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Pauline C. Metcalf
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Ogden Codman and the Decoration of Houses written by Pauline C. Metcalf and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 1988 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An appreciation of the renowned decorator.
Author : Thomas Jayne
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1580934978
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Classical Principles for Modern Design written by Thomas Jayne and published by The Monacelli Press, LLC. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interior designer and decorative arts historian Thomas Jayne takes on the redoubtable Edith Wharton and her co-author Ogden Codman, whose 1897 book The Decoration of Houses is acknowledged as the Bible of American interior design. Wharton and Codman advocated for classical simplicity and balance, replacing the excesses of the Gilded Age. In Jayne’s view, “The Decoration of Houses is the level-headed, indispensable book on the subject. It is not an overstatement to say that it is the most important decorating book ever written.” How much of Wharton and Codman’s advice and how many of their principles are still applicable today? In Classical Principles for Modern Design, Jayne argues that Wharton and Codman’s fundamental ideas about the proportion and planning of space create the most harmonious and livable interiors, whether traditional or contemporary. His authoritative and engaging text traces contemporary ideas about design elements and furnishing rooms back to Wharton and Codman and shows where his design approach coincides and where it diverges from their views. The book follows the chapter organization of The Decoration of Houses—chapters on walls, doors, windows and curtains, ceilings and floors, etc.—and adds important new perspectives on the design of kitchens and the use of color, both major subjects that Wharton and Codman did not address. Drawing on his own work at Jayne Design Studio, Jayne has selected elegant, traditional interiors that demonstrate these principles. Projects range from a restoration of historic eighteenth-century public rooms in Crichel House in Dorset, England, to a mountain retreat in the wilds of Montana to an array of luxurious New York City apartments and country houses in the Hudson Valley. Captured in lush photographs by Don Freeman and others, all speak to Thomas Jayne’s commitment to the primacy of function, quality, and simplicity, derived from the ancient tradition of classical design. As he says, “Tradition is not about what was. Tradition is now.”
Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Decoration of Houses written by Edith Wharton and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Decoration of Houses isa significant bookof interior design written by Edith Wharton with architect Ogden Codman and was first published in 1897. Both authors were members of the upper crust of society in New York.
Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815604730
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)
Download or read book The Decoration of Houses written by Edith Wharton and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2024-10-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edith Wharton’s The Decoration of Houses (1897), co-written with the architect Ogden Codman Jr., brought transatlantic fame to a writer best known as a chronicler of Gilded Age New York. In their decorating guidebook, Wharton and Codman, who collaborated on the design of the author’s Massachusetts home, The Mount, advocated for simple but classically informed choices that resonate profoundly today. The book crystallizes what Wharton found to be troubling in Americans’ enthusiasm for ostentation at the turn of the twentieth century—the late Victorian equivalent of the modern “McMansion.” This annotated edition includes a comprehensive introduction that provides relevant biographical information on Wharton, as well as her literary work and how her perspectives on homeownership and décor informed her writing. The reproduction of the book’s original illustrations alongside new annotations allows readers to visualize how Wharton’s aesthetic preferences informed her writing, life, and charitable works. Valuable to Wharton scholars as well as students of design, The Decoration of Houses presents a definitive look at the tastes of a literary icon.
Author : Elsie De Wolfe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The House in Good Taste written by Elsie De Wolfe and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The House in Good Taste is a classic and iconic book in the field of interior design. It was written by Elsie de Wolfe, who is often described as the first lady of interior decoration. She rejected the dark interior color schemes of Victorian interiors and instead opted for ablack and white color scheme with clean lines and simple ornamentation. She was close friends with architect Stanford White and worked for clients like the Vanderbilt family.
Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781718809918
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (99 download)
Download or read book The Decoration of Houses written by Edith Wharton and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-06 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Decoration of Houses, a manual of interior design written by Edith Wharton with architect Ogden Codman, was first published in 1897. In the book, the authors denounce Victorian-style interior decoration and interior design, especially rooms decorated with heavy window curtains, Victorian bric-a-brac and overstuffed furniture. They argue that such rooms emphasize upholstery at the expense of proper space planning and architectural design and are, therefore, uncomfortable and rarely used. Wharton and Codman advocated the creation of houses with rooms decorated with strong architectural wall and ceiling treatments, accentuated by well-suited furniture, rooms based on simple, classical design principles such as symmetry and proportion and a sense of architectural balance. The Decoration of Houses is considered a seminal work and its success led to the emergence of professional decorators working in the manner advocated by its authors, most notably Elsie de Wolfe.[1] The book was reprinted by The Mount and Rizzoli and in a hardcover facsimile in 2007.
Author : Edith Wharton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782382262009
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)
Download or read book Edith Wharton The Decoration of Houses written by Edith Wharton and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Decoration of Houses, a manual of interior design written by Edith Wharton with architect Ogden Codman, was first published in 1897. In the book, the authors denounce Victorian-style interior decoration and interior design, especially rooms decorated with heavy window curtains, Victorian bric-a-brac and overstuffed furniture. They argue that such rooms emphasize upholstery at the expense of proper space planning and architectural design and are, therefore, uncomfortable and rarely used. Wharton and Codman advocated the creation of houses with rooms decorated with strong architectural wall and ceiling treatments, accentuated by well-suited furniture, rooms based on simple, classical design principles such as symmetry and proportion and a sense of architectural balance. The Decoration of Houses is considered a seminal work and its success led to the emergence of professional decorators working in the manner advocated by its authors, most notably Elsie de Wolfe.The book was reprinted by The Mount and Rizzoli and in a hardcover facsimile in 2007.
Author : Richard Guy Wilson
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1580933289
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Edith Wharton at Home written by Richard Guy Wilson and published by The Monacelli Press, LLC. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mount, Edith Wharton’s country place in the Berkshires, is truly an autobiographical house. There Wharton wrote some of her best-known and successful novels, including Ethan Frome and House of Mirth. The house itself, completed in 1902, embodies principles set forth in Wharton's famous book The Decoration of Houses, and the surrounding landscape displays her deep knowledge of Italian gardens. Wandering the grounds of this historic home, one can see the influence of Wharton’s inimitable spirit in its architecture and design, just as one can sense the Mount’s impact on the extraordinary life of Edith Wharton herself. The Mount sits in the rolling landscape of the Berkshire Hills, with views overlooking Laurel Lake and all the way out to the mountains. At the turn of the century, Lenox and Stockbridge were thriving summer resort communities, home to Vanderbilts, Sloanes, and other prominent families of the Gilded Age. At once a leader and a recorder of this glamorous society, Edith Wharton stands at the pinnacle of turn of the twentieth-century American literature and social history. The Mount was crucial to her success, and the story of her life there is filled with gatherings of literary figures and artists. Edith Wharton at Home presents Wharton’s life at The Mount in vivid detail with authoritative text by Richard Guy Wilson and archival images, as well as new color photography of the restoration of The Mount and its spectacular gardens. "The Mount was to give me country cares and joys, long happy rides and drives through the wooded lanes of that loveliest region, the companionship of dear friends, and the freedom from trivial obligations, which was necessary if I was to go on with my writing. The Mount was my first real home . . . its blessed influence still lives in me." —Edith Wharton, 1934
Author : Ogden Codman Jr.
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465547711
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (655 download)
Download or read book The Decoration of Houses written by Ogden Codman Jr. and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dylan Landis
Publisher : Dell
ISBN 13 : 0440333962
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Elegant and Easy Rooms written by Dylan Landis and published by Dell. This book was released on 1999-10-20 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dylan Landis has an inside track with the decorating pros. Elegant and Easy Rooms will tell you their opinions on everything from how to arrange furniture in comfortable and imaginative ways to how to choose a color to create a certain mood or period (in the 1940's a particular shade of yellow was the most popular). The chapters include: Paint and Color, Walls, Windows, Problem Rooms--Great Solutions, Home Furnishings, The Art of Display, and Telling Details. There will also be an incredibly useful and valuable appendix listing all the best mail order resources for everyone's decorating needs. It will be illustrated with charming, elegant black and white drawings that will further entice you to upgrade your decor.
Author : William M. Woollett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Old Homes Made New written by William M. Woollett and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cynthia A. Brandimarte
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 0875655173
Total Pages : 1074 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (756 download)
Download or read book Inside Texas written by Cynthia A. Brandimarte and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 1074 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Inside Texas: Culture, Identity and Houses, 1878–1920” is a 464 page book with 296 photos that tests and rejects the notion that Texas homes, like all things Texan, were unique and different. Over the 40 year time span covered by the book, decorating ideas nationally and in Texas went from the era of Victorianism with “all that stuff” to the spare, clean lines of the arts and crafts movement. By 1920, like Americans across the country, many Texans, especially the wealthier, were taking their decorating ideas from the new professionals – architects and designers – and their homes reflected less their own identity than the taste and eye of the decorator. In seven years of research, Brandimarte traveled the state, collecting photographs of interiors of Texas homes – rare in comparison to exterior views. The images reprinted here are arranged neither in chronological order nor according to decorating style but by identities –occupation, family, ethnicity, social group, region, culture and refinement, class and style. Brief biographical information about the homeowners is incorporated into the text. “Inside Texas” is about people and houses. It is social history, a significant contribution to scholarship, an invaluable resource for preservationist, docents, architects and designers as well as a book to be treasured by anyone who loves old houses.
Author : Thomas Jayne
Publisher : The Monacelli Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1580933378
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (89 download)
Download or read book American Decoration written by Thomas Jayne and published by The Monacelli Press, LLC. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interior designer and decorative arts and antiques expert Thomas Jayne follows up his essential 2010 compendium The Finest Rooms in America with this new collection of his own work. Thomas Jayne possesses a unique dual vision—he keeps one eye focused on the aesthetic traditions of the past, and the other looking forward: innovating, creating, and imagining interiors to suit modern sensibilities. His reverence for traditional ideas does not restrict Jayne’s understanding of what makes a beautiful room—rather than seeking to replicate and repeat the exact décor from past, Jayne finds inspiration in the distinctive histories of the spaces in which he works. In every project he undertakes, he draws on his rich academic background in the decorative arts to design interiors that harmonize with their historical settings, yet also connect intimately to the active and modern lives of families who call these remarkable buildings home. Jayne believes that American interior decoration is unique in its combination of elements from European and Asian cultural traditions with indigenous ideas and materials, in its emphasis on comfort and livability, and in its human scale. Presented here for the first time, his projects reflect this sensibility, drawing from established traditions and reinterpreting them for contemporary life. Drawing on the legacies of Albert Hadley and Sister Parish, Jayne insists on authenticity and comfort, incorporating elegant antiques and art with a subtle but warm palette and a welcoming setting. In this richly illustrated collection of both city and country residences, Jayne reveals the inspiration and thought behind each design, identifying elements from the architecture, the clients’ collections of art and antiques, and from the site itself that serves as the basis for the decoration of the rooms.
Author : Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781720695295
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (952 download)
Download or read book The Decoration of Houses written by Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-23 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Decoration of Houses, a manual of interior design written by Edith Wharton with architect Ogden Codman, was first published in 1897. In the book, the authors denounce Victorian-style interior decoration and interior design, especially rooms decorated with heavy window curtains, Victorian bric-a-brac and overstuffed furniture. They argue that such rooms emphasize upholstery at the expense of proper space planning and architectural design and are, therefore, uncomfortable and rarely used. Wharton and Codman advocated the creation of houses with rooms decorated with strong architectural wall and ceiling treatments, accentuated by well-suited furniture, rooms based on simple, classical design principles such as symmetry and proportion and a sense of architectural balance.
Author : Michael C. Kathrens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Great Houses of New York, 1880-1930 written by Michael C. Kathrens and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With anecdotes about the owners brightening the survey of the mansions, their construction, and architectural features, this text contains 43 entries, each illustrated with a wealth of period photos of the building's exterior and, especially, interior rooms and decor. An introduction discusses New York City's architectural history. An appendix with
Author : Heather Clawson
Publisher : powerHouse Books
ISBN 13 : 9781576876077
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (76 download)
Download or read book Habitually Chic written by Heather Clawson and published by powerHouse Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heather Clawson's wildly popular blog Habitually Chic collected the finer things in life: high fashion, fine art, interior design and arresting architecture. Now she narrows her vision in this stunning photographic collection that offers an intimate look into the workspaces of the world's foremost cultural generators. Clawson showcases the studious, workshops, offices and creative sanctuaries of cultural icons, including Jenna Lyons and Frank Muytjens of J. Crew, James de Givenchy of TAFFIN and potter Jonathan Adler, along with many more.
