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trations are of especial value, as they are produced upon such a scale
that the style and character of every stitch is clearly shown." Studio,

1900.

FOWKE, Frank Rede.

The Bayeux tapestry; a history and description. 1898. libris series.)

(Ex

.746 F84

GUIFFREY, Jules Joseph.

Histoire de la tapisserie depuis le moyen âge jusqu'à nos

jours. 1886

...qr746 G96

"Very trustworthy and even approaches the completeness of a history."
Russell Sturgis.

Designs for lace making. 1870....

.qr746 H14

HAILSTONE, S.H.Lilla.

Designs for needle and pillow lace original with the author or taken
from fine old specimens, with a few general directions.

HAVARD, Henry.

746 H35

La tapisserie. [1893.] (Les arts de l'ameublement.) . . . . Describes in a general manner the methods of making tapestry and models for tapestry. Gives also a history of its manufacture from the earliest time. Contains a number of engravings of famous examples. JACKSON, Mrs Emily.

History of hand-made lace, with supplementary information
by Ernesto Jesurum.
Bibliography. p.98-105.

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Deals with the origin of lace, the growth of the great lace centers, methods of manufacture, the distinguishing and care of different kinds. LEFÉBURE, Ernest.

Embroidery and lace; their manufacture and history from the remotest antiquity to the present day. 1899..

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Plain directions for embroidering in the many varieties of outline, rib-
bon, knotted and buttonhole stitch, close and open fillings, and back-
ground stitch.

MUNTZ, Eugène.

Short history of tapestry from the earliest times to the end of

the 18th century. 1885...

.746 M96

"Very large and costly works have been devoted to the subject without
exhausting it, or even doing it full justice. The small book here
named is as good a handbook as one is likely to find and is well illus-
trated. It is interesting reading as well as valuable for the informa-
tion it contains." Russell Sturgis.

La tapisserie. 1882. (Bibliothèque de l'enseignement des
beaux-arts.)

PALLISER, Mrs Fanny Bury.

.746 M96t

History of lace.

1875

.1746 P18

A well-known book, still an authority though first published in 1864.

PULSZKY, Károly.

Ornamente der hausindustrie Ungarn's, gezeichnet von

Friedrich Fischbach. 1878....

.qr746 P98

Consists chiefly of colored plates, showing characteristic Hungarian de-
signs for woven fabrics and embroidery.

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Designs for church embroidery; letterpress by Alethea Wiel.

1894

...qr746 RII

Contains a color card of filo floss silks sold by Liberty & co.

S., A.M.

Point and pillow lace; various kinds, ancient and modern,

and how to recognise them. 1899 ...

"Authorities consulted," p.13.

..746 SII

"Valuable guide to lovers of lace, excellently... illustrated by magnified
photographs of each particular kind...Useful especially to collectors
who need knowledge and advice in the purchase of examples of the
art." Nation, 1901.

TOWNSEND, William G. Paulson, and others.
Embroidery; or, The craft of the needle. 1899.

.746 T66

"Mr. Townsend's little manual, with a preface by Walter Crane, is in-
tended as a practical guide to students of the beautiful art of embroid-
ery. It treats of design as well as of the diversity of methods, and
abounds in examples of all kinds of embroidery, from ancient times
down to our own... The diagrams of stitches at the end are very in-
telligible, and will be found useful to beginners." Nation, 1900.

URBANI de GHELTOF, Giuseppe Marino.

Technical history of the manufacture of Venetian lace.

1888 ....

.746 U27

Very brief histories of the different kinds of Venetian lace, with short
explanations of the methods of making each kind.

747 Interior decoration

BRUNNER, Arnold William, & Tryon, Thomas.

Interior decoration. 1891..

CHURCH, Mrs Ella Rodman (MacIlvane).

.qr747 B83

How to furnish a home. 1883. (Appletons' home books.)..747 C46 COOK, Clarence Chatham.

House beautiful; essays on beds and tables, stools and

candlesticks. 1895.....

CROUCH, Joseph, & Butler, Edmund.

Apartments of the house; their arrangement, furnishing and decoration. 1900....

.747 C77

...b747 C89

Manual for the well-to-do householder. Discusses the hall, dining-room,
drawing-room, bedroom, furniture, accessories, etc., with a careful
reference of styles to periods and an insistence on sound principles.
Well illustrated.

EASTLAKE, Charles Lock, architect.

Hints on household taste in furniture, upholstery and other details. 1878.

......

.747 E18

By the famous designer. His book, though written in 1878, is a classic,
and can be consulted with advantage to-day.

EDIS, Robert William.

Decoration and furniture of town houses. 1881. . . .

747 E28

ELLIOTT, Charles Wyllys.

Book of American interiors. 1876....

....qb747 E52

Illustrations and descriptions of 20 libraries, dining-rooms and halls.

FALKE, Jakob von.

Art in the house.

1879....

....qb747 F19

Historical, critical and æsthetical studies on the decoration and furnish-
ing of the dwelling, by a director of the Vienna museum of art and
industry.

GARRETT, Rhoda, & Agnes.

Suggestions for house decoration in painting, woodwork

and furniture. 1876. (Art at home.)..

.747 G19

HAWEIS, Mrs Mary Eliza (Joy).

Art of decoration. 1889....

.747 H36 A study of house decoration and furnishing. Book I treats of "The search after beauty;" book 2, "A retrospect of rooms,' contains an historical sketch of the development of interior decorating and furnishing from the 14th century; while book 3 makes general, practical suggestions for the treatment of walls, windows, doors and fireplaces, and the arrangement of furniture and pictures. Beautiful houses; a description of certain well-known artistic houses. 1882...

.747 H36b

Contents: Sir Frederick Leighton's house.-Mr William Burges's house.
-Mr Alma-Tadema's house.-The British embassy in Rome.-Mr G.
H. Boughton's house.-Mr Alfred Morrison's house. At the Villa
Campana.-Mr Reuben Sassoon's house.-Ashley Park.—Mr Hasel-
tine's rooms.-Mr Stevenson's house.-A bijou house.

HELBURN, William, pub.

Historic English interiors from the Elizabethean and all other renaissance periods; [plates], 1st-2d ser.

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2V.

.qb747 H42

Large blue-prints of drawing-rooms, halls, staircases, etc. of some fine
English houses.

HOUSE beautiful; monthly. v.2-date. 1897-date....

.qb747 H49

....b747 H83

Treats of the plan of the house, interior decoration, furniture, carpets,
wall-papers, china, etc.

KNIGHT, E.

Taste and economy in decoration and furniture. 1893.....9747 K34 LITTLE, Arthur.

Early New England interiors; sketches in Salem, Marblehead,

Portsmouth and Kittery. 1878

..qb747 L74

.747 L77

LOFTIE, William John.

Plea for art in the house.

1876...

Contents: The prudence of collecting.-Furnishing and old furniture.
-Pictures.-Books and china.-Art and morals.

WATSON, Mrs Rosamund Marriott.

Art of the house. 1897. (Connoisseur series.).

.747 W32

Essays on the furnishing and decoration of the home, supplemented by
illustrations from the loan collection at Bethnal Green, the South
Kensington museum and elsewhere.

WHARTON, Mrs Edith (Jones), & Codman, Ogden.

Decoration of houses.

1897..

.747 W 59

"Books consulted," p. 12-17.

Specially emphasizes the fact that house decoration should be considered
as a branch of architecture.

WHEELER, Mrs Candace (Thurber), ed.

Household art.

1893....

747 W61h

Contents: The philosophy of beauty applied to house interiors, by Mrs
Candace Wheeler.-The development of American homes, by Mrs M.
G. Van Rensselaer.-Some work of the "Associated artists," by Mrs
Burton Harrison.-Wall-papers, ceilings and dadoes, by S. N. Carter.
-The progress of American decorative art, by M. G. Humphreys.—
The limits of decoration, by L. G. Runkle.-About furnishings, by
Florence Morse.-Decorative and applied art, by Mrs Candace Wheeler.

748 Stained glass

BALLANTINE, James.

Treatise on painted glass, shewing its applicability to every style of architecture. 1845..

..b748 B21

DAY, Lewis Foreman.

Windows; a book about stained and painted glass. 1897..b748 D33 "Definitive treatise...both practical and theoretic, within reasonable limits. He has also managed most laudably to explain both theory and practice through a historical sequence, beginning with a notice of the earliest facts, and coming down to the questions of what is done today, can be done, and what should be done." John La Farge, in Bookbuyer, 1898.

HOLIDAY, Henry.

Stained glass as an art. 1896....

...9748 H71

Treats not only the technical art of making stained glass, but shows
the artistic possibilities of the material, and considers them in re-
lation to the situation and purpose of the various uses to which
stained glass is applied. It treats also of light and shade; style in
architectural work, in relation to ornament and to archæology. A
chapter is devoted to influence of limitations of form and space on
decorative art. There are some beautiful tinted designs by Burne-
Jones and W. B. Richmond, and many very artistic designs by the
author. 64 illustrations.

LENOIR, Marie Alexandre.

Musée des monumens français; histoire de la peinture sur verre et description des vitraux anciens et modernes. 1803.....

..1708.4 L61

Bound with his "Musée des monumens français; ou, Description his-
torique des statues et bas-reliefs," v.5.

MERSON, Olivier.

Les vitraux. 1895. (Bibliothèque de l'enseignement des

beaux-arts.)

WINSTON, Charles.

Inquiry into the difference of style in ancient glass paintings especially in England. 2v. 1867.....

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748 M63

1748 W79

BATES & GUILD CO. pub.

English household furniture; mainly designed by Chippendale, Sheraton, Adam and others of the

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Georgian

....qb749 B31

....qb749 B41

Chippendale, Sheraton and Hepplewhite furniture designs;

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Reprint of "The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director," by Chippen-
dale; "The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's drawing-book" and "Designs
for household furniture," by Sheraton; and "The cabinet-maker and
upholsterer's guide," by Hepplewhite.

BONNAFFÉ, Edmond.

Le meuble en France au 16e siècle. 1887.

...qb749 B62

Both learned and gossipy. Takes a geographical survey of the subject,
describing the styles characteristic of the different parts of France,
and then describes the various articles of furniture in detail.

CHAMPEAUX, Alfred de.

Le meuble. 2v. 1885. (Bibliothèque de l'enseignement des beaux-arts.)

.749 C35

V.I.

Antiquité, moyen âge et renaissance.
17e, 18e et 19e siècles.

V.2.

CHANCELLOR, Alfred Ernest.

Examples of old furniture, English and foreign; drawn and

described. 1898....

..qb749 C36

CHIPPENDALE, Thomas.

Gentleman and cabinet-maker's director; a collection of

designs of household furniture; [plates]. 1762........qb749 C44
200 plates, with directions for carrying out the most elaborate designs,
by the celebrated English furniture-maker of the 18th century.

CLOUSTON, K. Warren.

..qb749 C61

Chippendale period in English furniture. 1897...
Contents: Sir William Chambers.-Thomas Chippendale.-Chippendale's
contemporaries.-The brothers Adam.-Thomas Shearer and the So-
ciety of London cabinet-makers' "Book of prices."-A. Hepplewhite.—
Thomas Sheraton.

History of English cabinet-making in the 18th century, with chapters
on some architects who were also designers of furniture, and on
Chippendale's contemporaries and successors.

DILKE, Emilia Francis (Strong), lady.

French furniture and decoration in the 18th century. 1901...qb749 D58 Contents: The Golden gallery and the Hôtel de Soubise.-Nicolas Pineau and the Élysée.-Jacques Verberckt, Jules-Antoine Rousseau and the decoration of Versailles.-Rousseau de la Rottière and the boudoirs of the marquise de Sérilly and of the Queen.-The influence of Madame de Pompadour and Jean-Démosthène Dugourc.-Pastorales, chinoiseries, singeries, Chantilly and the Hôtel de Rohan.-Oudry and the Gobelins.-Boucher and the Gobelins.-Jean Lamour and les Caffieri.-André-Charles Boulle and Charles Cressent.-Oeben, Riesener, Gouthière. French furniture made by foreigners.-A word on Vernis-Martin.

Appendix contains a list of French cabinet-makers.

ELWELL, Newton W. comp.

Colonial furniture and interiors; [plates]. 1896... HIRTH, Georg.

Das deutsche zimmer der renaissance; anregungen zu häuslicher kunstpflege. 1880 ......

qb749 E57

....qb749 H61

Treats of the spirit of the renaissance, particularly in Germany, color, form, furniture, and the treatment of walls, ceilings and floors at that period, with a view to the elevation of modern household art. LALONDE, François Richard de.

Ameublement et décoration, style Louis XVI; œuvres diverses de Lalonde; [plates].....

...qb749 L17

Designs for furniture, gold and silver utensils for churches or domestic
use, key-plates, knobs, bolts, etc.

LITCHFIELD, Frederick.

Illustrated history of furniture from the earliest to the

present time. 1893....

.qb749 L73

Careful selection of illustrations from examples of established au-
thenticity, besides representations of some typical interiors, all ar-
ranged in chronological order and accompanied by descriptions of the
historical and social changes which have influenced the manners and
customs, and, directly or indirectly, the furniture of different nations.
In connection with furniture the changes in architecture have been
noticed which caused corresponding changes in interior woodwork.

LOCKWOOD, Luke Vincent.

Colonial furniture in America.

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Author aims to provide a reliable handbook showing the natural de-
velopment of the different styles, and enabling one to see at a glance
to what style and period any piece belongs. Information has been de-
rived from inventories and contemporary records, old newspapers,
books on manners and customs, cabinet-makers' books of design, and
the study of much furniture, both colonial and foreign. Finely illus-
trated.

LYON, Irving Whitall.

Colonial furniture of New England. 1892...

.qb749 L99

"This interesting book contains 113 illustrations, mostly photographic;
the text is a thorough examination of the whole subject." Russell
Sturgis.

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