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Title: The House in Good Taste

Author: Elsie de Wolfe

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Language: English

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THE HOUSE IN GOOD TASTE

by

ELSIE DE WOLFE

Illustrated with photographs in color and black and white

New York
The Century Co.

1913

[Illustration]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN HOUSE
II. SUITABILITY, SIMPLICITY AND PROPORTION
III. THE OLD WASHINGTON IRVING HOUSE
IV. THE LITTLE HOUSE OF MANY MIRRORS
V. THE TREATMENT OF WALLS
VI. THE EFFECTIVE USE OF COLOR
VII. OF DOORS, AND WINDOWS, AND CHINTZ
VIII. THE PROBLEM OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT
IX. HALLS AND STAIRCASES
X. THE DRAWING-ROOM
XI. THE LIVING-ROOM
XII. SITTING-ROOM AND BOUDOIR
XIII. A LIGHT, GAY DINING-ROOM
XIV. THE BEDROOM
XV. THE DRESSING-ROOM AND THE BATH
XVI. THE SMALL APARTMENT
XVII. REPRODUCTIONS OF ANTIQUE FURNITURE AND OBJECTS OF ART
XVIII. THE ART OF TRELLIAGE
XIX. VILLA TRIANON
XX. NOTES ON MANY THINGS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Elsie de Wolfe (Frontispiece)
In this hall, simplicity, suitability and proportion are observed
Mennoyer drawings and old mirrors set in panelings
A portrait by Nattier inset above a fine old mantel
The Washington Irving house was delightfully rambling
A Washington Irving House bedroom
Miss Marbury's bedroom
The fore-court and entrance of the Fifty-fifth Street house
A painted wall broken into panels by narrow m