Classic Interior Design: Using Period Features in Today's HomeThis beautifully illustrated guide from top interior designer Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill reveals the best of architectural and furnishing detail from England and America's most enduring decorating styles of the last 400 years. A companion volume to her" 2001 Classic Design Styles," this book focuses on architectural details from seven distinct historical eras and identifies the vital details of each period. Carved stone fireplaces, marble columns, tapestry wall hangings, eighteenth-century windows, and plain and painted plaster wall finishes, as well as cushions, tassels, and curtains are all detailed with an eye to applying them to our homes today. With in-depth historical surveys of each period, illustrated feature by feature, the book is filled with beautiful photographs and hundreds of creative ideas accompanied by insider tips, practical advice, and inspiration from one of the world's top interior designers. |
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Classic Interior Design: Using Period Finishes in Today's Home Henrietta Spencer-Churchill No preview available - 2003 |
Classic Interior Design: Using Period Finishes in Today's Home Henrietta Spencer-Churchill No preview available - 2003 |
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American Empire AMERICAN EMPIRE STYLE arch architectural features balusters BAROQUE AND QUEEN Baroque period beams bedroom boat-bed bookcases brass candlelight carpet carved chair rail chandelier chinoiserie chintz classical motifs colour columns console table contrast cornice dado damask David Hare decoration dining room doors draped early Georgian period elaborate elegant Empire style entrance hall fabric fashionable fire surrounds fireplace floor focal point four-poster frame frieze fringe Fritz Georgian period GEORGIAN STYLE gilded gilt Gothic Revival grand Greek half-testers handrail homes houses hung interiors mahogany marble mirror mouldings Neoclassical ormolu ornamentation ornate overmantels painted finish panelling pediment pelmet photog picture piece of furniture pilasters plain plaster ceiling plasterwork popular provides QUEEN ANNE STYLE Regency style RIGHT Rococo Schulenburg scrolls shape silk Simon Upton-des sofa sometimes staircase stairs stencilled stone STYLE ABOVE LEFT STYLE LEFT swags textiles trompe l'oeil typical upholstered velvet wallpaper Walls and Ceilings window treatments wood wood-grained wooden