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Every-day art: short essays on the arts not fine, by Lewis Foreman Day. Numerous illustrations, chiefly by the author.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - British Imprints 1882 Day
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Day, Lewis F. (Lewis Foreman), 1845-1910.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Decoration and ornament.
- Interior decoration.
- Genre:
- Gold tooled bindings (Binding) -- 1882.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 283 p. illus. 19 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London, B. T. Batsford, 1882.
- Contents:
- Part I
- On ornament
- Taste
- Past and present
- The nature of art
- The use in ornament
- The workman and his tools
- The rights and wrongs of imitation
- Leading-strings
- The rival claims for form and colour
- Part II
- The art of the fashion-monger
- House and home
- How to decorate a room
- Pictures in the house
- To ladies and amateurs
- The ornament of the future.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Bound in blue cloth, design in gold.
- Athenaeum copy: Ex libris: NY Mercantile Library.
- OCLC:
- 4793950
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