Practical house decoration a guide to the art of ornamental painting
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2016
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Crosby Lockwood and Son (1899)
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Relation of ornament to the colour theory, The properties of colour, The law of harmonic contrast, The application of colour to apartments, The admixture of colours for surface, Arrangement of wall surfaces and combination of colours for interiors, Some characteristics of Mural decoration, Polychromatic ornament in the round, ornament in polychrome-flesh painting, Technical terms, various style and periods of ornament, The study of design, The study of emblematic design, On the advanced uses of stencilling, Ceiling ornament, Ceiling decoration and surface gilding, On gilding and the decoration of doors, architraves, in polychrome, General suggestions for polychrome, The staircase, hall and vestibule