A collection of writings on interior decoration by the legendary late designer shares the author's stylish emphasis on simplicity, light, comfort, and neutral colors and her practical advice on how to avoid ostentation, clutter, heavy window treatments, and more. 10,000 first printing.
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A collection of writings on interior decoration by the legendary late designer shares the author's stylish emphasis on simplicity, light, comfort, and neutral colors and her practical advice on how to avoid ostentation, clutter, heavy window treatments, and more. 10,000 first printing.
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May have some shelf-wear due to normal use. Your purchase funds free job training and education in the greater Seattle area. Thank you for supporting Goodwill's nonprofit mission!
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Good. Good condition, pages are clean and free of markings, light wear to corners and edges, has dust jacket where applicable, ships same or next business day.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" (USA) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 235pp, 15 pages of monochrome photographic plates. Intro by Albert Hadley. Compiled from her articles in newspapers and magazines and first published in 1914, The House in Good Taste is a seminal book on interior design with ideas that have lasted a century because they influenced not only the wealthy clients of Park Avenue and Palm Beach, but popular taste as well. De Wolfe advised Americans to shun ostentation and clutter in favor of simplicity, to dismantle the draperies in order to let in the light, and to replace garish colors with beige and ivory. "I believe in plenty of optimism and white paint, " she declared, "comfortable chairs with lights beside them, open fires on the hearth and flowers wherever they 'belong, ' mirrors and sunshine in all rooms." (1.8 JM LVR 205/1.
