Main entry:

French, Lillie Hamilton, 1854-1939, author.

Title & Author:

Homes and their decoration / by Lillie Hamilton French.

Publication:

New York : Dodd, Mead and Company, 1903.
Cambridge, U.S.A. : University Press, John Wilson and Son
©1903

Description:

xvi, 430 pages, 32 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; 22 cm

Notes:
"Published September, 1903"--Title page verso.
Dark grayish-green (C151) calico-texture cloth; household fixtures and decorations including 2 large wall lamps and fixture suspended from chains in moderate green and black, white and black ribbon twined around fixtures, gilt lettering; motif repeated on spine, gilt lettering; top edges gilt; untrimmed.
Individual requirements -- The method of procedure -- Color in decoration -- Kitchens -- Bedrooms : apartments -- Bedrooms : houses -- Beds and bed-linen -- Bathrooms -- Dining-rooms -- The dining-room : the decoration of the table -- The dining-room : the appointments of the table -- Sideboards -- Parlors -- Drawing-rooms -- Libraries and living-rooms -- Halls : apartments -- Halls : houses -- Halls : houses (continued) -- Windows -- Windows (continued) -- The floors -- The fireplace -- Verandas, loggia, and balconies -- The lighting of a house -- Picture hanging and framing -- The decorative possibilities in plaster casts -- Writing-tables and pianos -- Divans -- Mountain camps and holiday retreats -- Single rooms and studios -- Making over furniture -- Notes and suggestions.
Three sketches by Cormier, on two pieces of paper were removed and sent to Archives.
A digital reproduction is available from the Open Collections Program at Harvard University, Women and work collection.

Subject:

Interior decoration.
Interior Design and Furnishings
Décoration intérieure.

Form/genre:

Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding) New York (State) New York 1903.
Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) New York (State) New York 1903.

Added entries:

Dodd, Mead & Company, publisher.
John Wilson and Son, printer.
Ernest Cormier Library
United States Massachusetts Cambridge.

Holdings:

Location: Library main cormier 63688
Call No.: ID CORM4; ID:91-B1634
Status: Available