Town and country house painting : thirty-five colored illustrations showing the effect of various combinations of colors on houses, cottages and villas of different designs of architecture, together with hints on painting and other useful information / edited and designed in the paint department of Harrison Bros. & Co.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrison Bros. & Co.

Contributor:

Hart, Charles., Lithographer.

Trade Catalogue Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Grant, Faires & Rodgers., Printer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Harrison Bros. & Co--Catalogs.

Harrison Bros. & Co.

Color in architecture.

Paint--Catalogs.

Paint.

House painting--United States.

House painting.

Architecture, Domestic--United States--Pictorial works.

Architecture, Domestic.

Genre:

Trade catalogs -- Paint.

Physical Description:

15, [1] p., [35] leaves, [1], XXXV leaves of col. plates : col. ill., samples ; 24 x 31 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia ; New York : Harrison Bros & Co., 1883.

Notes:

Includes color schemes for exteriors of houses and 60 mounted col. paint samples.

Plates interspersed by leaves of descriptive text; plates signed: Charles Hart lith., 36 Vesey St., NY.

"Grant, Faires & Rodgers, printers, Philadelphia"--T.p. verso.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy 1: With Harrison Bros. exlibris on front paste-down; rear paste-down has label with text: This book is loaned by Harrison Bros. & Co., on condition that it shall be properly taken care of and returned on demand. In the event of loss, or failure to return, the sum of $15.00 (the value of the book) has been agreed to be paid.

Athenaeum copy 1 lacking descriptive text to plate XIX.

Athenaeum copy 2: Bookplate bears inscription: "With compliments of Harrison Bros. & Co."

Athenaeum copy 2: Gift of Sandra and Hyman Myers.

OCLC:

4481932