Author: Margaret Jourdain
Title: English Interior Decoration 1500-1800
Description: London, B. T. Batsford, 1950. First edition. Cloth. A smart, first edition copy of this extensive work on English interior design and decoration from 1500 to 1830, profusely illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.A comprehensive and fascinating work on the development of English interior design and decoration from 1500 to 1830. Comprising of chapters on the early Renaissance, the Tudor period, the Stuart period, the classical revival of the eighteenth century, and the regency period and revived gothic styles. Written by Margaret Jourdain, an expert in the field of English decoration and design, particularly of the early modern period.Containing a frontispiece and one hundred and ninety-five plates, many of which are in colour. Collated and complete. Also including numerous black-and-white in-text illustrations.  In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with some light fading to the cloth to the spine and extremities. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Some light shelf wear to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. A few spots to the first and last few pages, as well as the odd small instance of spotting throughout, particularly to the pages opposite the plates, otherwise pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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