This is a practical guide to architectural details, fabrics, wallpapers and furnishings. Each chapter contains an historical outline followed by several practical projects suggesting the simplest ways of evoking the atmosphere of each period in your home, from Georgian and High Victorian to Art Deco. Photographs of period interiors allow one to choose the one best suited to one's home and recreate it with authenticity. Combining historical information with practical guidance, this book meets the needs of would-be-decorators inspired by the past.
- ISBN10 1850291969
- ISBN13 9781850291961
- Publish Date 31 May 1990
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 January 1997
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Octopus Publishing Group
- Imprint Conran Octopus Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English