Author: Ralph Dutton
Title: The English Interior: 1500 to 1900
Description: London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1948. Cloth. The first edition of this charmingly illustrated work on English interior design. First edition. Illustrated with one hundred and seventy-one drawings, pictures, and photographs, many of which are in colour. Collated complete. A comprehensive guide to interior design in England from 1500 to 1900, with reference to continental influences, florescence of design, the age of splendour, and the decay of taste. Written by Ralph Dutton, the 8th and last Baron Sherborne who created the gardens at Hinton Ampner near Alresford in Hampshire, England, and on his death left the house and garden to the National Trust. It is now open to the public. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear only. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is also smart with light wear and minor chipping to the extremities. Minor sunning to the spine with the odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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