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The Art of Interior Decoration

by Grace Wood and Emily Burbank

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  1. 1The Art of Interior Decoration
  2. 2Dedication
  3. 3Foreword
  4. 4Chapter I — How to Rearrange a Room
  5. 5Chapter II — How to Create a Room
  6. 6Chapter III — How to Determine Character of Hangings and Furniture-…
  7. 7Chapter IV — The Story of Textiles
  8. 8Chapter V — Candlesticks, Lamps, Fixtures for Gas and Electricity,…
  9. 9Chapter VI — Window Shades and Awnings
  10. 10Chapter VII — Treatment of Pictures and Picture Frames
  11. 11Chapter VIII — Treatment of Piano Cases
  12. 12Chapter IX — Treatment of Dining-Room Buffets and Dressing-Tables
  13. 13Chapter X — Treatment of Work Tables, Bird Cages, Dog Baskets and F…
  14. 14Chapter XI — Treatment of Fireplaces
  15. 15Chapter XII — Treatment of Bathrooms
  16. 16Chapter XIII — Period Rooms
  17. 17Chapter XIV — Periods in Furniture
  18. 18Chapter XV — Continuation of Periods in Furniture
  19. 19Chapter XVI — The Gothic Period
  20. 20Chapter XVII — The Renaissance
  21. 21Chapter XVIII — French Furniture
  22. 22Chapter XIX — The Periods of the Three Louis
  23. 23Chapter XX — Charts Showing Historical Evolution of Furniture
  24. 24Chapter XXI — The Mahogany Period
  25. 25Chapter XXII — The Colonial Period
  26. 26Chapter XXIII — The Revival of Directoire and Empire Furniture
  27. 27Chapter XXIV — The Victorian Period
  28. 28Chapter XXV — Painted Furniture
  29. 29Chapter XXVI — Treatment of an Inexpensive Bedroom
  30. 30Chapter XXVII — Treatment of a Guest Room
  31. 31Chapter XXVIII — A Modern House in Which Genuine Jacobean Furniture…
  32. 32Chapter XXIX — Unconventional Breakfast-Rooms and Sports Balconies
  33. 33Chapter XXX — Sun-Rooms
  34. 34Chapter XXXI — Treatment of a Woman’s Dressing-Room
  35. 35Chapter XXXII — The Treatment of Closets
  36. 36Chapter XXXIII — Treatment of a Narrow Hall
  37. 37Chapter XXXIV — Treatment of a Very Shaded Living-Room
  38. 38Chapter XXXV — Servants’ Rooms
  39. 39Chapter XXXVI — Table Decoration
  40. 40Chapter XXXVII — What to Avoid in Interior Decoration: Rules for Be…
  41. 41Chapter XXXVIII — Fads in Collecting
  42. 42Chapter XXXIX — Wedgwood Pottery, Old and Modern
  43. 43Chapter XL — Italian Pottery
  44. 44Chapter XLI — Venetian Glass, Old and Modern
  45. 45In Conclusion

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