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House decoration, elementary and practical / by James William Facey.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - British Imprints 1889 Facey
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Facey, James William.
- Series:
- Weale's scientific & technical series 229, 257
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Decoration and ornament.
- Interior decoration.
- House painting.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 120, xii, 184, 40, 16 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Other Title:
- Elementary decoration
- Practical house decoration
- Place of Publication:
- London : Crosby Lockwood and son, [1889?]
- Contents:
- Elementary decoration: a guide to the simpler forms of everyday art as applied to the interior and exterior decoration of dwelling-houses. 2d ed., 1889.
- Practical house decoration: a guide to the art of ornamental painting. 1886.
- Simple interior decoration
- Hand pencilled decoration
- The preparation of decorative designs
- Advanced ornament and ceiling decoration
- Ceiling and cornice decoration
- Ceiling decoration and the general application of ornamental details
- On the application of stencilling to exterior decoration
- Exterior polychromatic decoration
- Pilaster decoration
- Exterior mural decoration
- Decoration of the house front
- Classic decorative examples-gilding
- Conservatory decoration.
- Notes:
- Title from half-title.
- "Illustrated with sixty-eight explanatory engravings principally from designs by the author."
- Publisher's device on t.p.
- Advertisements, 40 and 16 p. at end.
- Includes two previously issued works, each with separate t.p. and pagination.
- Includes index.
- OCLC:
- 22486631
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