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To try to write a history of furniture in a fairly short space is almost as hard as the square peg and round hole problem. No matter how one tries, it will not fit. One has to leave out so much of importance, so much of historic and artistic interest, so much of the life of the people that helps to make the subject vivid, and has to take so much for granted, that the task seems almost impossible. In spite of this I shall try to give in the following pages a general but necessarily short review of the field, hoping that it. | Furnishing the Home of Good Taste 1 Furnishing the Home of Good Taste Project Gutenberg s Furnishing the Home of Good Taste by Lucy Abbot Throop This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today Author Lucy Abbot Throop Release Date January 28 2005 EBook 14824 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FURNISHING THE HOME OF GOOD TASTE Produced by Charles Aldarondo Susan Skinner and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. FURNISHING THE HOME OF GOOD TASTE A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE PERIOD STYLES IN INTERIOR DECORATION WITH SUGGESTIONS AS TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT IN THE HOMES OF TODAY Furnishing the Home of Good Taste 2 BY LUCY ABBOT THROOP NEW YORK ROBERT M. MCBRIDE CO. 1920 1910 THE CROWELL PUBLISHING CO. 1911 1912 MCBRIDE NAST CO. 1920 ROBERT M. MCBRIDE CO. NEW AND REVISED EDITION Published September 1920 Illustration Trowbridge Livingston architects. A principle which can be applied to both large and small houses is shown in the beauty of the panel spacing and the adequate support of the cornice by the pilasters. Contents PREFACE i EGYPT AND GREECE 1 THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY 7 THE DEVELOPMENT OF DECORATION IN FRANCE 17 LOUIS XIV 29 THE REGENCY AND LOUIS XV 87 LOUIS XVI 47 THE EMPIRE 58 ENGLISH FURNITURE FROM GOTHIC DAYS TO THE PERIOD OF QUEEN ANNE 59 QUEEN ANNE 78 CHIPPENDALE AND THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY IN ENGLAND 79 ROBERT ADAM 91 Furnishing the Home of Good Taste HEPPLEWHITE 97 3 SHERATON 103 A GENERAL TALK 111 GEORGIAN FURNITURE 135 FURNISHING WITH FRENCH FURNITURE 149 COUNTRY HOUSES 159 THE NURSERY AND PLAY-ROOM 169 CURTAINS 175 FLOORS AND FLOOR COVERINGS 185 THE .