London: B.T. Bastsford Ltd. 94 High Holborn, [1920]
Physical Description
2 preliminary leaves, xiii, [1], v-xxviii, 86 pages, CXIV leaves of plates (some colour) : illustrations ; 39 cm.
General Note
The printer is named at the foot of the verso of page xiii: `Printed in Great Britain by Neill and Co., Ltd., Edinburgh.’
Date of publication take from the Preface [p.vi].
Contents
Preface -- Alphabetical list of plates and text illustrations -- Historical and descriptive notes on the interiors illustrated -- Part I. Interiors of the Tudor and Early Stuart Periods (Including Plates I. and II.) -- Part II. Late Stuart Interiors (Including Plates III. And IV.) -- Part III. Georgian Interiors (Including Plates V.-IX.) -- Part IV. The principle features of the English interior considered in detail (Including Plates X.-XV.) -- Wall treatment -- Decoration in colour -- Ceilings of wood and plaster -- Fireplaces and chimney-pieces -- Doors and doorways -- Staircases -- Index of text -- Plates to Part I. Nos. XVI.-XXX. -- Plates to Part II. Nos. XXXI.-LXXV. -- Plates to Part III. Nos. LXXVI.-CXV.
Provenance
Inscribed in pencil on front free endpaper: `E. Vincent Harris ... Eaton Square, S.W.1'
Copy Note
The front pastedown carries a 20th-century Royal Academy of Arts bookplate on which is written: `Presented by Mrs E. Vincent Harris, 1965’
Subject
Interior decoration - England
Decoration and ornament
Architecture - Domestic - England
Burlington House - Interiors