Dress up the parlor before the Empress Eugenie comes to tea. Plates of the very latest 1860 Parisian furniture styles. D. Guilmard, artist and publisher. Published in Paris. One lot found on the website of rare book dealer Justin Croft.

Borne pour milieu de salon. Étoffes de la maison Constant Bouhours 1860s. French. Le Garde-meuble ancien et moderne, Collection de Sièges. Number 668. D. Guilmard, artist. Destouches, Paris, lithographer. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/8060/furniture/sieges/
Fauteuil et chaise de salon Louis XVI: d’après un modèle du temps. 1860. French. D. Guilmard, artist. Destouches, Paris, lithographer. Le Garde-meuble Collection de Sièges Number 709. Publie par D.Guilmard Rue de Lancry, 2, Paris. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/8060/furniture/sieges/
Écrans bambo. Fabrique de M. Weber. Paris. 1860. French. Le Magasin de Meubles Plan Number 93. Publie and Dess e par Victor Quetin, Faubourg Saint Antoine 55 au 3. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/8060/furniture/sieges/
Écran à coulisse; Écran à lumière: Écran à pivot (I think). 1860. French. Decan, Paris, lithographer. Le Garde-meuble, Collection de Sièges Number 509. Publie par D.Guilmard Rue de Lancry, 2, Paris. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/8060/furniture/sieges/
Causeuse fontange. Étoffes de la maison Constant Bouhours, Passamenterie de la maison A. DéForge. 1860. French. D. Guilmard, artist. Le Garde Meuble Collection de Sièges. Number 798. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/8060/furniture/sieges/
Siège siamois a trois places avec trois places supplementaires. Descartes tapissier Paris. 1860s. French. D Guilmard, artist. Destouches, Paris, lithographer. Le Garde Meuble Collection de Sièges Number 600. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/8060/furniture/sieges/
Canapé a trois médaillons (accotoirs à  renvers. D. Guilmard, artist. Destouches, Paris, lithographer. Le Garde Meuble Collection de Sièges Number 576. Publie par D.Guilmard Rue de Lancry, 2, Paris. Image © 2023 Justin Croft. Fair use license. via https://www.justincroft.com/book/8060/furniture/sieges/

Designs decorated with clouds and ducks and all sorts of wonderful things. French and by  Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise who would be called an interior decorator nowadays. Born ca. 1830, he died in 1897.

Design for a carved and painted ceiling with clouds and ducks in the central circular panel. 1830-1897. French. Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, maker. In the public domain due to age. via https://artvee.com/dl/design-for-a-carved-and-painted-ceiling-with-clouds-and-ducks-in-the-central-circular-panel#00
A garden pavilion in a forested landscape. 1830-1897. French. Drawing. Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise and Eugène-Pierre Gourdet, makers. Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 License 1.0. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_garden_pavilion_in_a_forested_landscape_MET_DP811562.jpg
Design fo the Allegory of the Arts. 1850-1897. French. Drawing in Graphite, gouache, and watercolor. Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise and Eugène-Pierre Gourdet, makers. Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 License 1.0. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Design_fo_the_Allegory_of_the_Arts_MET_DP811628.jpg
Ceiling Design for the Pless Chateau, Silesia. 1850-1897. French. Drawing in gouache. Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise and Eugène-Pierre Gourdet, makers. Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 License 1.0. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ceiling_Design_for_the_Pless_Chateau,_Silesia_MET_67.827.149.jpg
Design for a room with double doors decorated with garlands of fruit and flowers, scrolls, and lattice work. 1850-1897. French. Pen and ink and watercolor on tracing paper; mounted on heavy wove paper. Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise and Eugène-Pierre Gourdet, makers. Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 License 1.0. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Design_for_a_room_with_double_doors_decorated_with_garlands_of_fruit_and_flowers,_scrolls,_and_lattice_work_MET_DP811574.jpg

Go on holiday with the Prince Regent. Hand-colored aquatint plates from Humphry Repton’s and J. C. Stadler’s folio “Designs for the Pavilion at Brighton.” Humbly inscribed to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, these are watermarked 1822.

Gardens are Works of Art. Frontispiece. Watermarked 1822. One of a set of hand-colored aquatints from Designs for the Pavilion at Brighton. Humphry Repton, author, with help from his sons, John Adey Repton and G. S. Repton. Aquatint by J.C. Stadler after Repton. Image © 2023 Donald A. Heald Rare Books. Fair use license. Aquatint itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/40064/humphry-repton/designs-for-the-pavillon-sic-at-brighton-humbly-inscribed-to-his-royal-highness-the-prince-of-wales
Watermarked 1822. One of a set of hand-colored aquatints from Designs for the Pavilion at Brighton. Humphry Repton, author, with help from his sons, John Adey Repton and G. S. Repton. Aquatint by J.C. Stadler after Repton. Image © 2023 Donald A. Heald Rare Books. Fair use license. Aquatint itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/40064/humphry-repton/designs-for-the-pavillon-sic-at-brighton-humbly-inscribed-to-his-royal-highness-the-prince-of-wales
Watermarked 1822. One of a set of hand-colored aquatints from Designs for the Pavilion at Brighton. Humphry Repton, author, with help from his sons, John Adey Repton and G. S. Repton. Aquatint by J.C. Stadler after Repton. Image © 2023 Donald A. Heald Rare Books. Fair use license. Aquatint itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/40064/humphry-repton/designs-for-the-pavillon-sic-at-brighton-humbly-inscribed-to-his-royal-highness-the-prince-of-wales
Watermarked 1822. One of a set of hand-colored aquatints from Designs for the Pavilion at Brighton. Humphry Repton, author, with help from his sons, John Adey Repton and G. S. Repton. Aquatint by J.C. Stadler after Repton. Image © 2023 Donald A. Heald Rare Books. Fair use license. Aquatint itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/40064/humphry-repton/designs-for-the-pavillon-sic-at-brighton-humbly-inscribed-to-his-royal-highness-the-prince-of-wales
Watermarked 1822. One of a set of hand-colored aquatints from Designs for the Pavilion at Brighton. Humphry Repton, author, with help from his sons, John Adey Repton and G. S. Repton. Aquatint by J.C. Stadler after Repton. Image © 2023 Donald A. Heald Rare Books. Fair use license. Aquatint itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.donaldheald.com/pages/books/40064/humphry-repton/designs-for-the-pavillon-sic-at-brighton-humbly-inscribed-to-his-royal-highness-the-prince-of-wales

Humphry Repton was what we would call a landscape architect though he called himself “an improver of landscapes” and that he certainly was. He obtained many commissions from the Prince Regent (George IV). Several other blog posts here have more wonderful aquatints after his designs.

Live like a film star during the Golden Age of Hollywood at least in your dreams. Photographs from 15 leather-bound presentation albums by Maynard Parker showcasing the Regency-style interiors of Paul Granard, designer for Golden Age Hollywood stars. 1940s.

Living room and hallway. 1940s. American. Taken from an archive of presentation albums showing Regency-style interiors of Hollywood homes,  showcasing the Regency-style interiors of Paul Granard, designer for Golden Age Hollywood stars. Maynard Parker, photographer. Image © Maynard Parker and the Daniel Oliver Gallery. Fair use license. via https://danieloliver.gallery/artworks/categories/14/91-maynard-parker-archive-of-presentation-albums-showing-regency-style-interiors-of-1940s/
Powder/dressing room. 1940s. American. Taken from an archive of presentation albums showing Regency-style interiors of Hollywood homes,  showcasing the Regency-style interiors of Paul Granard, designer for Golden Age Hollywood stars. Maynard Parker, photographer. Image © Maynard Parker and the Daniel Oliver Gallery. Fair use license. via https://danieloliver.gallery/artworks/categories/14/91-maynard-parker-archive-of-presentation-albums-showing-regency-style-interiors-of-1940s/
Library. Taken from an archive of presentation albums showing Regency-style interiors of Hollywood homes,  showcasing the Regency-style interiors of Paul Granard, designer for Golden Age Hollywood stars. Maynard Parker, photographer. 1940s. Image © Maynard Parker and the Daniel Oliver Gallery. Fair use license. via https://danieloliver.gallery/artworks/categories/14/91-maynard-parker-archive-of-presentation-albums-showing-regency-style-interiors-of-1940s/
Living room, the same room as the first picture. 1940s. American. Taken from an archive of presentation albums showing Regency-style interiors of Hollywood homes,  showcasing the Regency-style interiors of Paul Granard, designer for Golden Age Hollywood stars. Maynard Parker, photographer. Image © Maynard Parker and the Daniel Oliver Gallery. Fair use license. via https://danieloliver.gallery/artworks/categories/14/91-maynard-parker-archive-of-presentation-albums-showing-regency-style-interiors-of-1940s/
Living room with the dining room in the rear. 1940s. American. Taken from an archive of presentation albums showing Regency-style interiors of Hollywood homes,  showcasing the Regency-style interiors of Paul Granard, designer for Golden Age Hollywood stars. Maynard Parker, photographer. Image © Maynard Parker and the Daniel Oliver Gallery. Fair use license. via https://danieloliver.gallery/artworks/categories/14/91-maynard-parker-archive-of-presentation-albums-showing-regency-style-interiors-of-1940s/
Room with floral wallpaper and a mirrored wall. 1940s. American. Taken from an archive of presentation albums showing Regency-style interiors of Hollywood homes,  showcasing the Regency-style interiors of Paul Granard, designer for Golden Age Hollywood stars. Maynard Parker, photographer. Image © Maynard Parker and the Daniel Oliver Gallery. Fair use license. via https://danieloliver.gallery/artworks/categories/14/91-maynard-parker-archive-of-presentation-albums-showing-regency-style-interiors-of-1940s/
Sitting room (I think) with a low coffee table. 1940s. American. Taken from an archive of presentation albums showing Regency-style interiors of Hollywood homes,  showcasing the Regency-style interiors of Paul Granard, designer for Golden Age Hollywood stars. Maynard Parker, photographer. Image © Maynard Parker and the Daniel Oliver Gallery. Fair use license. via https://danieloliver.gallery/artworks/categories/14/91-maynard-parker-archive-of-presentation-albums-showing-regency-style-interiors-of-1940s/
Bedroom. 1940s. American. Taken from an archive of presentation albums showing Regency-style interiors of Hollywood homes,  showcasing the Regency-style interiors of Paul Granard, designer for Golden Age Hollywood stars. Maynard Parker, photographer. Image © Maynard Parker and the Daniel Oliver Gallery. Fair use license. via https://danieloliver.gallery/artworks/categories/14/91-maynard-parker-archive-of-presentation-albums-showing-regency-style-interiors-of-1940s/
Front hall and staircase. 1940s. American. Taken from an archive of presentation albums showing Regency-style interiors of Hollywood homes,  showcasing the Regency-style interiors of Paul Granard, designer for Golden Age Hollywood stars. Maynard Parker, photographer. Image © Maynard Parker and the Daniel Oliver Gallery. Fair use license. via https://danieloliver.gallery/artworks/categories/14/91-maynard-parker-archive-of-presentation-albums-showing-regency-style-interiors-of-1940s/
Built in sofa, braided rug and long coffee table. 1940s. American. Taken from an archive of presentation albums showing Regency-style interiors of Hollywood homes,  showcasing the Regency-style interiors of Paul Granard, designer for Golden Age Hollywood stars. Maynard Parker, photographer. Image © Maynard Parker and the Daniel Oliver Gallery. Fair use license. via https://danieloliver.gallery/artworks/categories/14/91-maynard-parker-archive-of-presentation-albums-showing-regency-style-interiors-of-1940s/
Closet filled with fur coats with a mirrored open door, probably a dressing room. 1940s. American. Taken from an archive of presentation albums showing Regency-style interiors of Hollywood homes,  showcasing the Regency-style interiors of Paul Granard, designer for Golden Age Hollywood stars. Maynard Parker, photographer. Image © Maynard Parker and the Daniel Oliver Gallery. Fair use license. via https://danieloliver.gallery/artworks/categories/14/91-maynard-parker-archive-of-presentation-albums-showing-regency-style-interiors-of-1940s/

The albums these are taken from present Granard’s designs for the Beverly Hills homes of some of the 1940s brightest personalities, including actress and pin-up model Betty Grable (“I became a star for two reasons, and I’m standing on them”), Henry Fonda (holdout juror of “12 Angry Men,” father of Jane and Peter), and Bert Lahr (the Wizard of Oz’s Cowardly Lion). For Lahr’s house, Granard collaborated with Paul Revere Williams, a once-overlooked Black architect who has recently been championed as a pioneer in his field. Also included is the residence of Mike Lyman—whose “Mike Lyman’s Grill” was a favorite haunt of Hollywood elite and (perhaps for that reason) F. Scott Fitzgerald—as well as the houses of several lesser-known figures.

The images are all Maynard Parker’s, the influential architectural photographer whose glam-home shots capture the domestic aspirations of the post-War era. Parker is a Hollywood counterpart to Ezra Stoller and Julius Shulman, evoking the easy luxury of home life to their high-minded vision of the American civic realm. He got his start in the pages of the Home Beautiful under the editorship of Elizabeth Gordon, an arbiter of homemaking taste who railed against the International Style—practiced by the likes of Mies, Richard Neutra, and Phillip Johnson—as cold and even totalitarian.

The covers of the albums are imprinted with the name of the homeowners, save for one which reads “Paul Granard Interiors”. Maynard Parker is a well-collected photographer, but complete albums of his are rare. These albums were created to showcase Paul Granard’s work, presumably so they could be shown to potential clients.

These pictures are all taken from the website of Daniel Oliver Gallery. These are all the images that are scanned and on the website. I learned of the Daniel Oliver Gallery when I visited the antiquarian book fair in my city last fall. When I was leaving I picked up a booklet that lists the various exhibitors which I have been working my way through ever since. It has many wonderful things and I hope to finish going through it by next fall when the Boston Book Fair returns.

Hotel décor from the old days in Paris. Doesn’t look that way anymore but you can always dream of Sarah Bernhardt stopping by for tea. Collections of the Indianapolis Museum of Art (Newfields).

Escalier, Hôtel du Figaro, Paris. Plate from L’architecture privée au XIXme siècle (Troisième Série). Published in France in 1877. Chromolithograph. César Denis Daly, editor. Jean Arnould Léveil, artist. Collections of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via http://collection.imamuseum.org/artwork/63484/
Vestibule, Hôtel du Figaro, Paris. Plate from L’architecture privée au XIXme siècle (Troisième Série). Published in France in 1877. Chromolithograph. César Denis Daly, editor. Jean Arnould Léveil, artist. Collections of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via http://collection.imamuseum.org/artwork/61332/
Salle de Bains, Hôtel Boulevard Exelmans, Paris. Plate from L’architecture privée au XIXme siècle (Troisième Série). Published in France in 1877. Chromolithograph. César Denis Daly, editor. Jean Arnould Léveil, artist. Collections of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via http://collection.imamuseum.org/artwork/63483/
Vestibules, Hôtel du Figaro, Paris. Plate from L’architecture privée au XIXme siècle (Troisième Série). Published in France in 1877. Chromolithograph. César Denis Daly, editor. Jean Arnould Léveil, artist. Collections of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via http://collection.imamuseum.org/artwork/63509/
Vestibule, Hôtel de Menier, Paris. Plate from L’architecture privée au XIXme siècle (Troisième Série). Published in France in 1877. Chromolithograph. César Denis Daly, editor. Collections of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via http://collection.imamuseum.org/artwork/63522
Grand Salon, hôtel, Paris. Plate from L’architecture privée au XIXme siècle (Troisième Série). Published in France in 1877. Chromolithograph. César Denis Daly, editor. Collections of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via http://collection.imamuseum.org/artwork/63521/
Vestibule, Hôtel Boulevard Exelmans, Paris. Plate from L’architecture privée au XIXme siècle (Troisième Série). Published in France in 1877. Chromolithograph. César Denis Daly, editor. Collections of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via http://collection.imamuseum.org/artwork/63494/

Romantic up your front hall with pictures from the 1910 work “Modern Decorative Art”. Edited and printed in Milan, Italy it appears to have been imported and then published in the United States in New York City by Paul Wenzel who was a publisher and importer of architectural and art industrial books.

Soffito: della sala laurenti nel ristorante Storione in Padova. Cesar Laurenti, artist. 1910. Image 7 of Modern Decorative Art. Preiss and Bestetti, Milan, editors. Paul Wenzel, importer and publisher. Alfieri and Lacroix, Milan, fine art printers. Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. Brigham Young University, digitalizing sponsor. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/moderndecorative01newy/page/n6/mode/1up
Decorative medals. Milan (left) and Ravenna (right). Mario Stroppa, artist. 1910. Image 11 of Modern Decorative Art. Preiss and Bestetti, Milan, editors. Paul Wenzel, importer and publisher. Alfieri and Lacroix, Milan, fine art printers. Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. Brigham Young University, digitalizing sponsor. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/moderndecorative01newy/page/n10/mode/1up
Ceiling and design for window. G. Beltrami, artist. 1910. Image 17 of Modern Decorative Art. Preiss and Bestetti, Milan, editors. Paul Wenzel, importer and publisher. Alfieri and Lacroix, Milan, fine art printers. Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. Brigham Young University, digitalizing sponsor. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/moderndecorative01newy/page/n16/mode/1up
Fregi Decorativi. Ugo Palchetti, artist. 1910. Image 21 of Modern Decorative Art. Preiss and Bestetti, Milan, editors. Paul Wenzel, importer and publisher. Alfieri and Lacroix, Milan, fine art printers. Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. Brigham Young University, digitalizing sponsor. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/moderndecorative01newy/page/n20/mode/1up
Melagrane. Roberto Franzone, artist. 1910. Image 27 of Modern Decorative Art. Preiss and Bestetti, Milan, editors. Paul Wenzel, importer and publisher. Alfieri and Lacroix, Milan, fine art printers. Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. Brigham Young University, digitalizing sponsor. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/moderndecorative01newy/page/n26/mode/1up
Allegoria del Lavoro. Mario Stroppa, artist. 1910. Image 34 of Modern Decorative Art. Preiss and Bestetti, Milan, editors. Paul Wenzel, importer and publisher. Alfieri and Lacroix, Milan, fine art printers. Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. Brigham Young University, digitalizing sponsor. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/moderndecorative01newy/page/n34/mode/1up
Decorazioni per Sala da Pranzo. Giovanni Buffa, artist. 1910. Image 36 of Modern Decorative Art. Preiss and Bestetti, Milan, editors. Paul Wenzel, importer and publisher. Alfieri and Lacroix, Milan, fine art printers. Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. Brigham Young University, digitalizing sponsor. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/moderndecorative01newy/page/n36/mode/1up
Esposizione internationale d’art Venezia 1907: Sala del Sogno, Galileo Chini, artist. Published in 1910. Plate VII. Image 46 of Modern Decorative Art. Preiss and Bestetti, Milan, editors. Paul Wenzel, importer and publisher. Alfieri and Lacroix, Milan, fine art printers. Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. Brigham Young University, digitalizing sponsor. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/moderndecorative01newy/page/n46/mode/1up
Orologi Smaltati di A. Calderoni. Composizione di A. Mazzucottelli. Published in 1910. Image 50 of Modern Decorative Art. Preiss and Bestetti, Milan, editors. Paul Wenzel, importer and publisher. Alfieri and Lacroix, Milan, fine art printers. Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. Brigham Young University, digitalizing sponsor. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/moderndecorative01newy/page/n50/mode/1up

Decorative Panels. G. B. Grandi, artist. 1910. Image 52 of Modern Decorative Art. Preiss and Bestetti, Milan, editors. Paul Wenzel, importer and publisher. Alfieri and Lacroix, Milan, fine art printers. Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. Brigham Young University, digitalizing sponsor. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/moderndecorative01newy/page/n52/mode/1up
Decorative Panels. G. B. Grandi, artist. 1910. Image 56 of Modern Decorative Art. Preiss and Bestetti, Milan, editors. Paul Wenzel, importer and publisher. Alfieri and Lacroix, Milan, fine art printers. Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. Brigham Young University, digitalizing sponsor. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/moderndecorative01newy/page/n56/mode/1up .
Astucci per sigarette di A. Calderoni,  Composizioni di Alessandro Mazzucottelli. Image 74 of Modern Decorative Art. Preiss and Bestetti, Milan, editors. Paul Wenzel, importer and publisher. Alfieri and Lacroix, Milan, fine art printers. Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. Brigham Young University, digitalizing sponsor. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/moderndecorative01newy/page/n74/mode/1up
Figure Decorative. Fausto Codenotti, artist. Image 77 of Modern Decorative Art. Preiss and Bestetti, Milan, editors. Paul Wenzel, importer and publisher. Alfieri and Lacroix, Milan, fine art printers. Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. Brigham Young University, digitalizing sponsor. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/moderndecorative01newy/page/n76/mode/1up
Decorazioni per Ditte Insegne. Fausto Codenotti, artist. Image 91 of Modern Decorative Art. Preiss and Bestetti, Milan, editors. Paul Wenzel, importer and publisher. Alfieri and Lacroix, Milan, fine art printers. Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. Brigham Young University, digitalizing sponsor. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/moderndecorative01newy/page/n90/mode/1up
Egyptian Wall Decoration. Image 99 of Modern Decorative Art. Preiss and Bestetti, Milan, editors. Paul Wenzel, importer and publisher. Alfieri and Lacroix, Milan, fine art printers. Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. Brigham Young University, digitalizing sponsor. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/moderndecorative01newy/page/n99/mode/1up
Artistic Stained Glass. Giovanni Buffa, artist. Image 104 of Modern Decorative Art. Preiss and Bestetti, Milan, editors. Paul Wenzel, importer and publisher. Alfieri and Lacroix, Milan, fine art printers. Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. Brigham Young University, digitalizing sponsor. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/moderndecorative01newy/page/n104/mode/1up
Decorazioni Murali. Edgardo Perindani, artist. Image 112 of Modern Decorative Art. Preiss and Bestetti, Milan, editors. Paul Wenzel, importer and publisher. Alfieri and Lacroix, Milan, fine art printers. Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. Brigham Young University, digitalizing sponsor. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/moderndecorative01newy/page/n112/mode/1up
Motivo di Decorazione a Stampo. G. Zuccaro, artist. Image 114 of Modern Decorative Art. Preiss and Bestetti, Milan, editors. Paul Wenzel, importer and publisher. Alfieri and Lacroix, Milan, fine art printers. Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. Brigham Young University, digitalizing sponsor. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/moderndecorative01newy/page/n114/mode/1up
Maioliche. G. Casanova, artist. Image 120 of Modern Decorative Art. Preiss and Bestetti, Milan, editors. Paul Wenzel, importer and publisher. Alfieri and Lacroix, Milan, fine art printers. Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. Brigham Young University, digitalizing sponsor. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/moderndecorative01newy/page/n120/mode/1up

Dress up the house like you are the Empress Josephine with window treatments from George Smith’s 1808 work “A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration.” Published in London by J. Taylor.

Cornices and drapery in the Chinese style. Plate 3. Page 19 of George Smith’s A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration. 1808. Collections of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library with the digitalization having been federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/collectionofdesi00smit/page/2/mode/1up
Drawing room window cornices. Page 23 of George Smith’s A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration. 1808. Collections of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library with the digitalization having been federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/collectionofdesi00smit/page/n23/mode/1up
Window curtain. Page 28 of George Smith’s A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration. 1808. Collections of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library with the digitalization having been federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/collectionofdesi00smit/page/n28/mode/1up
Continental Drapery. Plate 12. Page 33 of George Smith’s A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration. 1808. Collections of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library with the digitalization having been federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/collectionofdesi00smit/page/n33/mode/1up
Continental Drapery and Window Curtains. Page 35 of George Smith’s A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration. 1808. Collections of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library with the digitalization having been federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/collectionofdesi00smit/page/n35/mode/1up
Continental Drapery and Window Curtains. Page 37 of George Smith’s A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration. 1808. Collections of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library with the digitalization having been federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/collectionofdesi00smit/page/n37/mode/1up
Window Curtain. Page 41 of George Smith’s A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration. 1808. Collections of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library with the digitalization having been federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/collectionofdesi00smit/page/n41/mode/1up
Continental Drapery. Plate 13. Page 44 of George Smith’s A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration. 1808. Collections of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library with the digitalization having been federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/collectionofdesi00smit/page/n44/mode/1up

George Smith was Upholder Extraordinary to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

Live in the 18th century at least until you turn the television on. Plates of ornamental designs from 1728 taken from James Gibbs’ work “A book of architecture: containing designs of buildings and ornaments.”

Three Designs for Vases, done for the Right Honourable the Earl of Oxford. There are two vases well executed in Portland Stone according to the middle draught, which are set upon two large piers on each side of the principal Walk in the Garden at Wimpole in Cambridgeshire. Plate CXXXVIII. Page 316 of James Gibbs’ 1728 work A book of architecture: containing designs of buildings and ornaments. Collections of and digitalized by Oberlin College. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/bookofarchitectu0000gibb/page/n316/mode/1up

Draughts of vases, etc. in the Antique manner, made for several persons at different times. Many of them have been executed both in marble and metal. Plate CXXXIX. Page 312 of James Gibbs’ 1728 work A book of architecture: containing designs of buildings and ornaments. Collections of and digitalized by Oberlin College. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/bookofarchitectu0000gibb/page/n312/mode/1up
Eight Draughts of Marble Cisterns for Buffets. Plate CXLV. Page 324 of James Gibbs’ 1728 work A book of architecture: containing designs of buildings and ornaments. Collections of and digitalized by Oberlin College. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/bookofarchitectu0000gibb/page/n324/mode/1up
Fifteen pedestals for busts. Plate CL. Page 334 of James Gibbs’ 1728 work A book of architecture: containing designs of buildings and ornaments. Collections of and digitalized by Oberlin College. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/bookofarchitectu0000gibb/page/n334/mode/1up

Gardens to dream your way into whenever you want. Color plates from “Fragments on the theory and practice of landscape gardening: including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture.” Published in London in 1816, it was written by H. Repton with the help of his son J. Adey Repton. Collections of the University of Wisconsin.

General view of Sherringham Bower, Norfolk: Abbot Upcher, Esquire. Page 305 of H. Repton and J. Adey Repton’s 1816 work Fragments on the theory and practice of landscape gardening: including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture. Published in London by J. Taylor. Collections of the University of Wisconsin. Image
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General view of Sherringham Bower, Norfolk – Abbot Upcher, Esquire. Page 306 of H. Repton and J. Adey Repton’s 1816 work Fragments on the theory and practice of landscape gardening: including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture. Published in London by J. Taylor. Collections of the University of Wisconsin. Image
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General view from the south and east fronts of the cottage at Endsleigh, Devonshire – Dutchess of Bedford. Page 330 of H. Repton and J. Adey Repton’s 1816 work Fragments on the theory and practice of landscape gardening: including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture. Published in London by J. Taylor. Collections of the University of Wisconsin. Image
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General view from the south and east fronts of the cottage at Endsleigh, Devonshire – Dutchess of Bedford. Page 330 of H. Repton and J. Adey Repton’s 1816 work Fragments on the theory and practice of landscape gardening: including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture. Published in London by J. Taylor. Collections of the University of Wisconsin. Image
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View from my own cottage, in Essex. Page 358 of H. Repton and J. Adey Repton’s 1816 work Fragments on the theory and practice of landscape gardening: including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture. Published in London by J. Taylor. Collections of the University of Wisconsin. Image
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What it must have looked like in the royal palace in Copenhagen in 1830. Interiors by German/Danish watercolorist Charles Frederick de Brocktorff. Born between 1775 and 1785, he died in 1850. He fought in the Napoleonic wars before becoming an artist.

Design for an interior with green and white striped curtains and upholstery with a bed with a green and white canopy visible through a doorway in the background. ca. 1830. German/Danish. Watercolor. Charles de Brocktorff, watercolorist (born 1775-1785, died in 1850). Image © 2000–2023 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/364298?sortBy=Relevance&ft=Charles+de+Brocktorff&offset=0&rpp=40&pos=6

Interior, Saint Petersburg? with a children’s nurse holding an infant and four children wearing white dresses with blue sashes. ca. 1825. German/Danish. Watercolor. Charles de Brocktorff, watercolorist (born 1775-1785, died in 1850). Image © 2000–2023 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/363309?sortBy=Relevance&ft=Charles+de+Brocktorff&offset=0&rpp=40&pos=3
Design for interior with furniture upholstered in a yellow stripe. ca. 1830. German/Danish. Watercolor. Charles de Brocktorff, watercolorist (born 1775-1785, died in 1850). Image © 2000–2023 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/364295?sortBy=Relevance&ft=Charles+de+Brocktorff&offset=0&rpp=40&pos=4
Design for a interior with a sofa upholstered in green and a striped tablecloth. ca. 1830. German/Danish. Watercolor. Charles de Brocktorff, watercolorist (born 1775-1785, died in 1850). Image © 2000–2023 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/364297?sortBy=Relevance&ft=Charles+de+Brocktorff&offset=0&rpp=40&pos=5
Design for an interior with a long divan and other furniture upholstered in a yellow stripe. Looks like the same room as the other watercolor with the yellow upholstered furniture and some of the pieces look to be the same. ca. 1830. German/Danish. Watercolor. Charles de Brocktorff, watercolorist (born 1775-1785, died in 1850). Image © 2000–2023 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/364296?sortBy=Relevance&ft=Charles+de+Brocktorff&offset=0&rpp=40&pos=7

Several of these show the furniture with what we would call slipcovers making me think that they are either of rooms in a summer house or rooms with the upholstered furniture in slipcovers for the summer.