Redecorating as chic as I can make it on a career gal’s starting out budget. Images from “The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration” which came out in 1925, the year my father was born and my mother’s parents were dating. Written by Ross Crane (the pen name of Charles Edgar Rosecrans) who was an artist and interior designer.

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Front cover. Image 0 of The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration. Ross Crane (pen name of architect and decorator Charles Edgar Rosecrans), author. Published in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois USA by Frederick J. Drake and Company. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/bwb_Y0-AHF-825/mode/1up

Color Plate Number 1 – An Attractive Interior with Wilton Rug, a Dominant Note in the Color Scheme. Courtesy of Marshall Field and Company. Frontispiece, Image 7 of The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration. Ross Crane (pen name of architect and decorator Charles Edgar Rosecrans), author. Published in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois USA by Frederick J. Drake and Company. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/bwb_Y0-AHF-825/page/n7/mode/1up
Interior Furnishing and Decoration. Plate 4 – The Block -Linen Draperies and the Upholstery in Tapestry, Striped Mohair and Block-Linen Harmonize Well with the Heavy Beamed (coffered) Ceiling Hand-Modeled Plaster Walls and Massive Stone Mantel. The Rather Heavy Furniture, Andirons and Wall Brackets are in Scale with the Architectural Background, While the Dark Floor and Deep-Toned Rugs Balance the Dark Beams of the Ceiling. Page 28 of The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration. Ross Crane (pen name of architect and decorator Charles Edgar Rosecrans), author. Published in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois USA by Frederick J. Drake and Company. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/bwb_Y0-AHF-825/page/28/mode/1up
Color Plate Number 3 – A Lavish Use of Vivid Yet Harmonious Color in a Bedroom. All the Colors in the Wallpaper are Echoed and Re-echoed in the Furnishings – Courtesy of Wallpaper Manufacturers’ Association. Page 70 of The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration. Ross Crane (pen name of architect and decorator Charles Edgar Rosecrans), author. Published in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois USA by Frederick J. Drake and Company. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/bwb_Y0-AHF-825/page/n70/mode/1up
Plate 11 – (1) Modern Reproduction of Chippendale Furniture. (2) Early American Furniture of Chippendale Design, now on Exhibition in the Metropolitan Art Museum. Page 92 of The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration. Ross Crane (pen name of architect and decorator Charles Edgar Rosecrans), author. Published in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois USA by Frederick J. Drake and Company. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/bwb_Y0-AHF-825/page/92/mode/1up
Color Plate 4 – The Japanese Brocade Which Inspired this Canterbury Hand-Blocked Linen is from Some Old Documents in the Art Institute of Chicago – Courtesy of Marshall Field and Company. Page 152 of The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration. Ross Crane (pen name of architect and decorator Charles Edgar Rosecrans), author. Published in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois USA by Frederick J. Drake and Company. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/bwb_Y0-AHF-825/page/n152/mode/1up
Curtain options: Plate 22 – Overlapping Ruffled Swiss Curtains; Plate 23 – Two-Tier Curtains. Page 144 of The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration. Ross Crane (pen name of architect and decorator Charles Edgar Rosecrans), author. Published in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois USA by Frederick J. Drake and Company. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/bwb_Y0-AHF-825/page/144/mode/1up
Color Plate Number 5 – A Bright and Joyous Living Room, Made So by Color and Pattern. Note how the Neutral Grey of the Walls and Floor Set off the Gay Colors of Furniture and Woodwork. The Floor is Linoleum in Tile Effect – Courtesy of Armstrong Cork Company. Page 186 of The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration. Ross Crane (pen name of architect and decorator Charles Edgar Rosecrans), author. Published in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois USA by Frederick J. Drake and Company. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/bwb_Y0-AHF-825/page/n186/mode/1up
Modernizing a Living Room – Plate 49 One End of a Recreated Room. Page 195 of The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration. Ross Crane (pen name of architect and decorator Charles Edgar Rosecrans), author. Published in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois USA by Frederick J. Drake and Company. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/bwb_Y0-AHF-825/page/195/mode/1up
Color Plate Number 6 – In This Quaint and Colorful Dining Room the Color starts from the Wall. A Large Part of the Decorative Character of the Room is Due to the Fresh Color and Delightful Pattern in the Wallpaper. Page 228 of The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration. Ross Crane (pen name of architect and decorator Charles Edgar Rosecrans), author. Published in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois USA by Frederick J. Drake and Company. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/bwb_Y0-AHF-825/page/n228/mode/1up
Interior Furnishing and Decoration – Plate 58 – A Bedroom for a Man; Masculine Qualities are Expressed in the Block- Linen Hangings, Sunfast Rep Spread, Easy Chair, Bed and Table. The Best Place to Exhibit Family Photographs is the Bedroom. Page 224 of The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration. Ross Crane (pen name of architect and decorator Charles Edgar Rosecrans), author. Published in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois USA by Frederick J. Drake and Company. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/bwb_Y0-AHF-825/page/224/mode/1up
Lamp Options – Plate 71. A Good Example of All That a Reading Lamp Should Not Be – Plate 72. A Good Reading Lamp. . Page 254 of The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration. Ross Crane (pen name of architect and decorator Charles Edgar Rosecrans), author. Published in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois USA by Frederick J. Drake and Company. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/bwb_Y0-AHF-825/page/254/mode/1up

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