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Title: Furnishing the Home of Good Taste
A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with
Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today

Author: Lucy Abbot Throop

Release Date: January 28, 2005 [EBook #14824]

Language: English

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FURNISHING THE HOME OF GOOD TASTE

A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE PERIOD STYLES IN INTERIOR DECORATION WITH
SUGGESTIONS AS TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT IN THE HOMES OF TODAY

BY

LUCY ABBOT THROOP

NEW YORK ROBERT M. MCBRIDE & CO.

1920

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1910 THE CROWELL PUBLISHING CO.

1911, 1912, MCBRIDE, NAST & CO.

1920, ROBERT M. MCBRIDE & CO.

NEW AND REVISED EDITION

Published, September, 1920

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[Illustration: _Trowbridge & Livingston, architects._

A principle which can be applied to both large and small
houses is shown in the beauty of the panel spacing and the adequate
support of the cornice by the pilasters.]

_Contents_

PREFACE i

EGYPT AND GREECE 1

THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY 7

THE DEVELOPMENT OF DECORATION IN FRANCE 17

LOUIS XIV 29

THE REGENCY AND LOUIS XV 87

LOUIS XVI 47

THE EMPIRE 58

ENGLISH FURNITURE FROM GOTHIC DAYS TO THE PERIOD OF QUEEN ANNE 59

QUEEN ANNE 78

CHIPPENDALE AND THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY IN ENGLAND 79

ROBERT ADAM