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Chargement... The Decoration of Houses (1897)par Edith Wharton, Ogden Codman, Jr.
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. How an Edwardian lady with an acid wit saw the houses of her own (wealthy) class and found them in very poor taste. Fun, although I'll never have to decorate a ballroom. Some of the rooms I saw in Europe make more sense now. ( ) Originally written in 1902 by Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman, Jr. two renowned individuals during the gilded age, one an author with a serious interest in house decor and the other a known architect of the time, the book still stands on its own if you have an interest in architecture and house design. For the neophyte, you may find yourself looking up many terms (I most certainly did), but the overall ideas behind house design through the ages are fascinating if you have the interest. Some takeaways: rooms require balance whether it be through the bric-a-brac, art or actually the architecture itself. For a long hallway with a door on one end, there should be an approximately same size piece of furniture on the other end to balance the flow. I discovered that I particularly like Islamic arabesques. Edith Wharton's The Decoration of Houses is an invaluable reference, one of the classic works on interior decoration, and a testament to the enduring style of one of America's greatest writers. Written in collaboration with celebrated American architect Ogden Codman, Jr., Wharton's first book is a comprehensive look at the history and character of turn-of-the-century interior design, moving from historical traditions to the distinctive styles of contemporary taste. Published in association with the Mount Press, this beautiful hardcover facsimile is carefully reproduced from the first edition published in 1897 and includes all 56 original plates-illustrating furniture, moldings, and interior styles of the 19th-century-and features décollage edges as well as a new introduction from renowned scholar Richard Guy Wilson. The Mount is a magnificent estate Edith Wharton designed and built in 1902 as a writer's retreat in the beautiful Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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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. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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