New York: The Century Co., 1916. Hardcover. Red library buckram, gilt letters on spine, 315 pp., 49 BW illus., one fold-out chart. Outlines decor ideas for the modern American home of the early 20th century. Interesting, in hindsight. More
Mexico: Artes de Mexico, 2001. Softcover. Color illus wraps with french flaps and white lettering. [125] pp. Lavishly illus in color. Text in Spanish and English. More
London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997. Hardcover. 2 vols. Dark blue & illus. boards, 1450 total pp., many BW illus. A two-volume set that provides "description and analysis of a range of subjects and individuals related to the history of interiors." (p. vii) Includes profiles of individuals, subject-area articles, and longer..... More
New York: The Century Co., 1913. Hardcover. Pale blue boards with illustration and gilt stamped lettering. 322 pp. BW frontispiece with tissue paper cover. BW and some color illustrations. Contents: The Development of the Modern House, Suitability, Simplicity, and Proportion, The Old Washington Irving House, The Little House of Many..... More
New York: Wiley, 2003. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Color-illustrated boards with black lettering. xii, 292 pp. Mainly BW illustrations. The inspired illumination of any given space can amplify its aesthetic impact and take it from the pedestrian to the sublime. And, for years, this excellent reference has guided architects and designers..... More
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988. Softcover. Glossy teal softcover with white lettering and BW-photograph. xii, 267 pp. BW illustrations. n Culture and Comfort Katherine C. Grier shows how the design and furnishings of the mid-nineteenth century parlor reflected the self-image of the Victorian middle class. Parlors provided public facades..... More
New York: Rizzoli, 2002. Hardcover. Black boards with stamped lettering. Glossy color-illustrated dust jacket with black and white lettering. 208 pp. Color illustrations. "The Catskills is the favored new retreat for New Yorkers. Only ninety minutes from the city, it's closer than the Hamptons and much more affordable. As a...... More
New York: Acanthus Press, 2008. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with silver spine lettering. Glossy blue and color-illustrated dust jacket with white and cream lettering. 318 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Contents: The history -- The legends -- The first ladies -- In the Parsons style -- The European traditionalists -- The..... More
New York: Rizzoli, 2009. Hardcover. Sage stamped cloth, blue and color illus. dust jacket, 240 pp., many color illus. Presents views of 21 residential interior designs, as rendered by New York-based designer Thad Hayes. Highly illustrated, as you may imagine. More
London: The Macmillan Company, 1969. Hardcover. Yellow cloth boards with red stamped design and spine lettering, illustrated decorative end papers. Glossy black and color-photographic dust jacket with multi-colored lettering. 216 pp. BW and color illustrations. "Since its Golden Age in the first flush of the opulent Twenties, Hollywood has housed..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Dark green buckram; gilt lettering. xiv + 284 pp. with bw images throughout. A classic on the subject, written by Frank Parsons, for whom the Parsons School of Design is named (formerly the New York School of Fine..... More
New York, NY: Assouline, 2010. Hardcover. White and BW illus. boards, white & color illus. dust jacket, 279 pp., color illus. Offers a "tour of the personal spaces of more than one hundred of the best-known names in American fashion. ... The result is a book filled with smart, colorful..... More
Bogotá, Colombia: Villegas Editores, 1998. Hardcover. Gray cloth, blue and color illus. dust jacket in mylar cover; 391 pp., 400+ color illus. Showcases work by Colombian-born American archtitect and interior designer Juan Montoya. "Presents a selection of 37 of Montoya's internatonal projects, ranging from private dwellings to corporate interiors. Collected..... More
Glendale, California: Balcony Press, 2010. Hardcover. Black boards, black and color illus. dust jacket in mylar cover; 256 pp., profusely illus. in color. Showcases 18 specific high-end kitchens created by American designer Mick De Giulio (b. 1953). The sites range from New York to California, but 11 of them are..... More
New York: Rizzoli, 2014. Hardcover. Dark brown stamped cloth, gilt letters on spine, red and color illus. dust jacket, 224 pp., many BW and color illus. Showcases the work of trailblazing American decorator George Stacey (1901-1993). "Departing from complacent acceptance of both European and vernacular design standards -- and in..... More
New York: Illustrated Editions Company, 1939. Hardcover. Natural cloth boards with brown and pink stamped lettering. 255 pp. Profusely illustrated in BW. "A critical analysis of trends in contemporary decoration as seen at the paris exposition of arts and techniques and reflected at the new york world's fair." -Title Page..... More
New York: Rizzoli, 2010. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering. Glossy color-illustrated dust jacket with cream lettering. 255 pp. Color and BW illustrations. An illustrated overview of the life and career of American decorator Billy Baldwin, examining his style and how he used color in his designs, and..... More
Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005. Hardcover. Light blue and color illus. boards, 263 pp., many BW illus. "An essential volume for everyone involved in restoring or researching American houses built between 1700 and 1900." (back cover) Presents more than a thousand authentically reproduced wallpaper designs. More
Pointed Leaf Press, LLC, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. White and black decorated boards, white and BW illus. dust jacket, 216 pp., BW and color illus. Showcases some of the work rendered by American interior designer Dorothy Draper (1889-1969), who during the 1930s and 1940s was the country's most famous decorator..... More
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013. Hardcover. Slate gray cloth, yellow and color illus. dust jacket, illus. flyleaves, 292 pp., many color, BW and duotone illus. "Chronicles the changes in fashionable curtain and drapery styles in the United States and Europe during the Industrial Revolution. This unique compilation contains hundreds..... More
