Item #013964 English Decoration in the 18th Century. ROBERT LUDLOW FOWLER, JR.

English Decoration in the 18th Century

London: Barrie & Jenkins, (1983). Item #013964

First edition. 4to; 288 pp.; 274 illustrations from photographs and drawing, including forty color plates; bibliography. Good in original gilt-stamped green cloth, in a worn dust jacket. A guide to sources of ideas and information about the practices and fashions in English decoration in the 18th century; on the uses of color, style, and upholstery, and the arrangement of rooms. John Fowler was a partner in Colefax & Fowler and an expert in classic period country house decoration; John Cornforth is an architectural historian.

Price: $75.00