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The Decoration of Houses, a manual of interior design written by Edith Wharton with architect Ogden Codman in 1898. They denounced Victorian interior decoration and interior design for having rooms heavily curtained with Victorian bric-a-brac and filled with overstuffed furniture. This resulted in poorly planned and arranged rooms that were uncomfortable and that people did not enjoy and therefore rarely used. Codman and Wharton advocated the creation of houses based on the noble European tradition of strong architecture accentuated by furniture that suits the room. Wharton said rooms should be based on simple, classical design principles, such as symmetry, and proportion; and that a sense of balance in architecture is needed. The book was a great success, and led emergence of professional decorators working in such a manner, such as Elsie de Wolfe.[1] The Decoration of Houses is a seminal work on the construction and decoration of sensible, comfortable, attractive rooms within a home. Some would consider it the first modern American manual of interior design. It was reprinted by Rizzoli and The Mount in a hardcover facsimile in 2007. Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. ...
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Interior design is the process of shaping the experience of interior space, through the manipulation of spatial volume as well as surface treatment. ...
A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) book is bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with cloth or heavy paper) and a stitched spine. ...
Interior design is the process of shaping the experience of interior space, through the manipulation of spatial volume as well as surface treatment. ...
Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. ...
Ogden Codman, Jr. ...
1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Interior decoration or décor is the art of decorating a room so that it is attractive, easy to use, and functions well with the existing architecture. ...
Interior design is the process of shaping the experience of interior space, through the manipulation of spatial volume as well as surface treatment. ...
Victorian decorative arts refers to the style of decorative arts during the Victorian era. ...
A Shaker rocker, or rocking chair. ...
Houses in Fishpool Street, St Albans, England For other meanings of the word house, see House (disambiguation). ...
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The word classical has several meanings: Pertaining to the societies of the classical antiquity, ancient Greece or Rome. ...
Elsie de Wolfe (Lady Mendl, occ. ...
The Mount is a 2002 science fantasy novel, ISBN 0142403024, by Carol Emshwiller than won the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award for that year. ...
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Wharton and Ogden wrote 198 pages divided into sixteen chapters. The first few chapters focus on the importance of balance, symmetry and good use of space, while later chapters have to do with the specific use of rooms and how rooms ought to be arranged in order to ensure optimal comfort and usefulness. Sphere symmetry group o. ...
Wharton and Ogden were very fond of past styles of furniture in comparison with the upstart Victorian furnishings surrounding them. Much preferring simplicity and order in decoration, they warned readers not to mix and match styles of furniture eclectically. They also preferred the use of less detail, looking down on the Victorian love for clutter and busy wallpapers and fabrics.
See also The Mount (1902) is a country house in Lenox, Massachusetts, the home of noted American author Edith Wharton who designed the house and its grounds. ...
Anti-Victorianism is a variety of (often extremely different) negative responses to either all things Victorian, or to any particular phenomenon attributed (rightly or wrongly) exclusively to the Victorian era. ...
Victorian decorative arts refers to the style of decorative arts during the Victorian era. ...
External links - The Decoration of Houses(full text) University of Wisconsin Digital Library
- Connection to Arts and Crafts movement
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