Principles of Home Decoration, With Practical Examples
Candace Wheeler
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Principles of Home Decoration, With Practical Examples
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Principles of Home Decoration
With Practical Examples
By
Candace Wheeler
New York
Doubleday, Page & Company
1903
Published February 1903
Dining-room in "Pennyroyal" (in Mrs. Boudinot Keith's Cottage, Onteora)
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Principles of Home Decoration
CHAPTER I
DECORATION AS AN ART
"Who creates a Home, creates a potent spirit which in turn doth fashion him that fashioned."
CHAPTER II
CHARACTER IN HOUSES
"For the created still doth shadow forth the mind and will which made it.
"Thou art the very mould of thy creator."
CHAPTER III
BUILDERS' HOUSES
"Mine own hired house."
HALL IN CITY HOUSE SHOWING EFFECT OF STAIRCASE DIVIDED AND TURNED TO REAR
CHAPTER IV
COLOUR IN HOUSES
CHAPTER V
THE LAW OF APPROPRIATENESS
STENCILED BORDERS FOR BATH-ROOM DECORATION (BY DUNHAM WHEELER)
STENCILED BORDERS FOR HALLS (BY DUNHAM WHEELER)
CHAPTER VI
KITCHENS
CHAPTER VII
COLOUR WITH REFERENCE TO LIGHT
SITTING-ROOM IN "WILD WOOD." ONTEORA (BELONGING TO MISS LUISITA LELAND)
CHAPTER VIII
WALLS, CEILINGS, AND FLOORS
LARGE SITTING-ROOM IN "STAR ROCK" COUNTRY HOUSE
PAINTED CANVAS FRIEZE
BUCKRAM FRIEZE FOR DINING-ROOM
CHAPTER IX
LOCATION OF THE HOUSE
CHAPTER X
CEILINGS
CHAPTER XI
FLOORS AND FLOOR-COVERINGS
SQUARE HALL IN CITY HOUSE
CHAPTER XII
DRAPERIES
CHAPTER XIII
FURNITURE
COLONIAL CHAIRS AND SOFA (BELONGING TO MRS. RUTH MCENERY STUART)
COLONIAL MANTEL AND ENGLISH HOB-GRATE (SITTING-ROOM IN MRS. CANDACE WHEELER'S HOUSE)
SOFA DESIGNED BY MRS. CANDACE WHEELER FOR NEW LIBRARY IN "WOMAN'S BUILDING," COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION
RUSTIC SOFA AND TABLES IN "PENNYROYAL" (IN MRS. BOUDINOT KEITH'S COTTAGE, ONTEORA)
DINING-ROOM IN "STAR ROCK" (COUNTRY HOUSE OF W.E. CONNOR, ESQ., ONTEORA)
DINING-ROOM IN NEW YORK HOUSE SHOWING LEADED-GLASS WINDOWS
DINING-ROOM IN NEW YORK HOME SHOWING CARVED WAINSCOTTING AND PAINTED FRIEZE
GLASS WINDOW BY DORA WHEELER KEITH IN HOUSE AT LAKEWOOD (Belonging to Clarence Roof, Esq.)
SCREEN BY DORA WHEELER KEITH IN HOUSE AT LAKEWOOD (Belonging to Clarence Roof, Esq.)
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