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Title: Principles of Home Decoration
With Practical Examples

Author: Candace Wheeler

Release Date: December 8, 2004 [EBook #14302]

Language: English

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[Frontispiece: Dining-room in "Pennyroyal" (in Mrs. Boudinot Keith's
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Principles of Home Decoration

With Practical Examples

By

Candace Wheeler

New York

Doubleday, Page & Company

1903

Published February 1903

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. Decoration as an Art.
Decoration in American Homes.
Woman's Influence in Decoration.

CHAPTER II. Character in Homes.

CHAPTER III. Builders' Houses.
Expedients.

CHAPTER IV. Colour in Houses.
Colour as a Science.
Colour as an Influence.

CHAPTER V. The Law of Appropriateness.
Cleanliness and Harmony Tastefully Combined.
Bedroom Furnished in Accordance with
Individual Tastes.

CHAPTER VI. Kitchens.
Treatment of Walls from a Hygienic Point of View.

CHAPTER VII. Colour with Reference to Light.
Examples of the Effects of Light on Colour.
Gradation of Colour.

CHAPTER VIII.
Walls, Ceilings and Floors.
Treatment and Decoration of Walls.
Use of Tapestry. Leather and Wall-Papers.
Panels of Wood, Painted Walls. Textiles.

CHAPTER IX.
Location of the House.
Decoration Influenced by Situation.

CHAPTER X.
Ceilings.
Decorations in Harmony with Walls.
Treatment in Accordance with Size of Room.

CHAPTER XI.
Floors and Floor Coverings.