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Your search for Home Decorating has returned 43 results. Adam Hepplewhite and Sheraton.  Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney.  St. Louis, Missouri.  1909.  [[7] pages; illustration' paper wrapper (3 x 5 3/4 inch). Points out the differences of the styles of funiture and how it is best to use Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney. Very good clean copy.   Condition: Very Good.  Interior Decoration, Furniture, Home Goods. DK-111  (Book ID 12308)  $15.00 Cabinet Size Photograph. "Interieur De L'hotel De Ville."  Bte. Guerard.  Paris, France.  1878.  Cabinet photograph on board (4 1/4 x 6 1/2 inch) with title written across the bottom. Publishers label pasted on the back. view of the interior of the Hotel de Ville in Paris showing the grand interior with tall ceilings, elaborate furniture and lush carpets. Very Good clean copy.   Condition: Very Good.  French Hotels, Paris, Architecture. DK098  (Book ID 12099)  $25.00 Damasks: Their Origin & Ornamentation  Stroheim & Romann: Decorative Fabrics of Distinction.  New York.  No date, but circa 1925 (?). Boards. Illustrated with drawings and photos. Attractively printed. 58 pages.   Condition: Very Good.  Silk. Satin. Weaving. Damascen.  (Book ID 8055)  $25.00 Directions for Using This New Home Set of Attachments.  The New Home Sewing MacHine Co..  Orange, Mass..  [16] pages; illustrations; illustrated paper wrapper (5 1/2 x 5 1/4 inch). Evidence of a fold down the middle, very slight soiling. Manual for attachments to the New Home Sewing Machine.   Condition: Good.  Sewing Machine Instructions Manual. DK-26  (Book ID 10280)  $15.00 Hascall's Original Carbon Paint. Hascall's Carbon Paint "made to Last" Guaranteed for Five Years.  The Hascall Paint Co..  Cleveland, Ohio.  circa.1910. Brochure of four pages; color illustrated cover; printed on all sides. On the back page is a 'Five Year Guarantee' for its customers. Few minor pencil marks on the back also. Mainly an advertisement for the use of Hascall's Carbon Paint. Clean copy.   Condition: Very Good.  Paint Advertising, Hascall Paint Co., Carbon Paint. DK-89  (Book ID 11912)  $15.00 Livable Basement Rooms.  Armstrong Cork Company.  16 pages; color illustrations; stiff paper wrapper (9 x 6 inch) with title on the cover of the brochure. A series of illustrated examples about ways to use asphalt fllor tiles to decorate one's basement in various themes. Also included a business card for the nearest Armstrong Office in Seattle and a letter from the Armstrong Cork Company with a 2 page letter for a Ranch Room Basement. Fine clean copy.   Condition: Fine.  Flooring, Asphalt Tiles, Basement Makovers. DK-85  (Book ID 11800)  $15.00 Maurer-Campana Art Co. Catalog Number 100 & Supplement.  Maurer-Campana Art Co..  Chicago, Illinois.  1929.  Two part catalogue: I - 95 pages; illustrations; index on back page; illustrated paper wrapper; II - 24 pages; illustrations; illustrated paper wrapper. both sized 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 inch. Blank china catalogue for artists along with supplies for painting. Clean copies.   Condition: Very Good.  Art China Catalogue. DK-26  (Book ID 10277)  $37.50 Muresco for Wall and Ceiling Decoration.  Benjamin Moore & Co..  New York, New York.  circa.1950s. Folding flyer (16 x 6 1/4 inch) of stiff paper which folds to (3 1/2 x 6 1/4 inch) in multi colors. Includes samples of 18 colors with directions for use on the back side. Clean copy.   Condition: Very Good.  Painting Advertisement. DK-79  (Book ID 11644)  $15.00 New Designs in Knitting and Lace Making...the People's Handbook Series No. 53 (cover title)  F.M. Lupton, Publisher.  New York.  Wrappers, chipped along spine and front bottom edige. 64 pages. Photo illustrated.   Condition: Very Good.  Victorian Design.  (Book ID 7133)  $20.00 Original Stereocard Photograph. "An Open Air China Market, Koblenz, Germany."  Keystone View Company.  Meadville, PA.  # 10378 (385). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the china market and its wares in the the German city of Koblenz along the Rhine River. View of sellers in the open market seeling china pottery made there from the fine clay in the region. Clean copy.   Condition: Fine.  Koblenz, Germany, Markets, China. DK-8  (Book ID 9427)  $15.00 Original Stereocard Photograph. "blue Room in Presdient's Masion."  J.G. Jarvis Stereoscopic Views..  Washington, D. C..  Unnumbered stereograph on light tan board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with publishers' name along the sides. View of the interior of the 'Blue Room' showing funiture, fireplace, wallpaper and rugs before the White House was remodeled. ca.1870s.   Condition: Very Good.  White House, Blue Room, Interior Decoration.  (Book ID 9598)  $20.00 Original Stereocard Photograph. "Domestic Art - Dining Room And Living Room."  Keystone View Company.  Meadville, PA.  # 18203 (33). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the interior of a home in Brooklyn, New York. View of home decor.   Condition: Fine.  Domestic Art, Living Space. DK-5  (Book ID 9256)  $15.00 Original Stereocard Photograph. "Green Room in President's Mansion."  J G. Jarvis' Stereoscopic Views..  Washington, D. C..  Unnumbered stereograph on light tan board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with publishers name along the sides. View of the 'Green Room' in the White House before it was remodeled showing paintings, furniture and old wall paper and rug patterns. ca.1870s. Clean copy.   Condition: Very Good.  White House, Interior Decoration. DK-12  (Book ID 9597)  $20.00 Original Stereocard Photograph. "Japanese Bed and Interior of House."  Keystone View Company.  Meadville, PA.  # 14727 (533). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the structure of Japanese homes and their customs of use. Nice view of a Japanese lady sleeping on her futon with furniture gathered about in the room. Nice clean copy.   Condition: Fine.  House Interior, Furnishing, Japan. DK-7  (Book ID 9326)  $15.00 Original Stereocard Photograph. "Queen Victoria's Apartments. (Grand Triannon.) Versailles."  European Scenery.  European Scenery #6738. Stereograph on dark brown board (6 3/4 x 3 1/2 inch) with title pasted on the backside. View of the interior of her quarters showing a large fireplace surrounded by mirrors and plush furniture. Clean clear photograph.   Condition: Very Good.  English Royality, Queen Victoria. DK-35  (Book ID 10555)  $15.00 Original Stereocard Photograph. "Red Room in the President's Mansion."  J.G. Jarvis Stereoscopic Views..  Washington, D. C..  Unnumbered stereograph on light tan board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with publisher's name along the edges. View of the interior of the 'Red Room' showing the furniture, rugs, mirrors and wall decorations before the remodeling of the White House. ca.1870s. Clean copy.   Condition: Very Good.  White House, Red Room, Interior Decorations. DK-12  (Book ID 9599)  $20.00 Original Stereocard Photograph. "The Council Room, Royal Palace, Stockholm, Sweden."  Keystone View Company.  Meadville, PA.  # 13003 (417). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the Royal Palace and the Council Room among others. Nice image of the room and grand table with a large chandelar hanging overhead. Clean copy.   Condition: Very Good.  Royal Palace, Stockholm, Sweden. DK-7  (Book ID 9386)  $15.00 Original Stereocard Photograph. "The Round Tower, Copenhagen, Denmark."  Keystone View Company.  Meadville, PA.  # 13077 (406). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the city of Copenhagen and the products produced in Denmark. View of the Krystal-Gade Street with the round tower of the Trinity Church in the background as horse drawn carts and people are moving through the street. Clean copy, ca.1910.   Condition: Fine.  Architecture, Krystal-Gade, Copenhagen, Denmark. DK-8  (Book ID 9412)  $15.00 Schack's Fall Flower Book. Showing a Large and Varied Collection of Floral Units and Other New Ideas for Decorating Windows and Interiors for the Autumn Season - Flowers, Vines, Shades, Foliage, Papier-Mache and Other Decorative Materials.  The Schack Artificial Flower Co..  Chicago, Illinois.  1914.  24 pages; illustrated; brown paper wrapper (13 1/4 x 19 inch) with title on the cover. Missing chips along the edge of the cover and along the spine, evidence of having been rolled up for sending. Product catalogue for the Schack Flower Company for its' customers showing artificial flowers, preserved flowers, window and interior decorations, etc. for the fall season, 1914. In the front are photos for suggestions of use of their products and examples.   Condition: Very Good.  Artificial Flowers, Window Decorations, Catalogue. DK-80  (Book ID 11685)  $37.50 Schack's Floral Parade Book. Showing a Large Collection of Automobiles and Floats, Decorated for Home Comings, Street Fairs, Floral Parades, Anniversaries, Centennials, Carnivals and All Similar Occasions. & Cost of Decorations (leaflet)  Schack Artificial Flower Co., Inc..  Chicago, Illinois.  1913.  Two items: Floral Parade Book - 16 pages; illustrations; light green paper wrapper (13 1/4 x 19 inch) with title on the cover. Along with the products offered by Schack's for decorating cars and floats (artificial and preserved flowers), are photos of the various styles used in decorating cars (10 pages of photos). Cost of Decorations leaflet (3 3/4 x 9 inch), 24 pages; paper wrapper with title on the cover, which quotes prices for the flowers. Prices range from twenty dollars to sixty dollars per car style. Quite unusual catalog for floral parades and occasions. Some fraying along the spine of the floral parade book and evidence of having been folded. Very good clean copy.   Condition: Very Good.  Floral Parades, Floral Floats. DK-80  (Book ID 11686)  $100.00 Thayer & Chandler: Artists China, Parchment Shades (Catalogue).  Thayer & Chandler.  Chicago, Illinois.  1923.  64 pages; illustrations; illustrated paper wrapper (8 1/4 x 11 inch). Mail-order catalogue for china parchment shades artists.Slight marks on the back cover, otherwise clean.   Condition: Very Good.  Artists China Catalogues. DK-26  (Book ID 10276)  $25.00 The Book of Home Arts. Compliments of Jane Carson's Studio. Catalog No. 75.  W.A. Maurer, Importer..  Chicago, Illinois.  56 pages; illustrations; illustrated paper wrapper with title on the cover (8 3/4 x 11 1/4 inch). A W.A. Maurer catalogue with introduction and recommendations by Jane Carson Studio. Supplies for various home art projects from china painting to lamp shades. Tear to the last pages of (1 inch) of the catalogue.   Condition: Good.  Home Decoration Catalogue. DK-26  (Book ID 10278)  $25.00 The Home Lighting Primer  1924.  24 pages; illustrations; color illustrated paper cover (9 1/2 x 7 inch). Evidence of some folding to the cover, missing piece of the upper right corner of the cover and first 3 pages (1/4 x 1/2 inch) Manual for the proper placement of lighting for rooms in the modern home. Has cutouts of fixtures to glue on sample rooms and doors. Promotional pamphlet issued for a Home Lighting essay contest of 600 words with the winners recieving scholarships and the grand prize, a $15,000 electrical home.   Condition: Very Good.  Manual for Electrical Lighting of a Home. DK-26  (Book ID 10288)  $25.00 Baneat, Paul  Le Mobilier Breton (Ensembles & Details); Collection De L'Art Regional En France  Ch. Massin & Cie. (1926). Paris..  3/4 cloth portfolio with ties. 40 plates, complete. The author, Paul Baneat, is Convervateur Du Musee Archeologique De Rennes. Small tears to top and bottom of cloth spine. 40 plates are of French furniture: Armoires, Garde-Manger - Vaisselier - Ego uttoir de Geveze, Devant De Lit, Cheminee, Banc, Banc-Coffre, Bahut, Niche A Vierge, Lit a Colonnes, etc.   FRENCH FURNITURE. Home Decorating  (Book ID 2043)  $75.00 Benson, A. C., And Sir Lawrence Weaver [editors]  Everbody's Book of the Queen's Dolls' House.  The Daily Telegraph and Methuen & Co., Ltd..  London, England.  circa 1920s. Abridged version of "The Book of the Queen's Dolls' House". 159 pages; illustrations, color plates; bound in blue cloth with dark blue lettering on the cover and spine. Sunlight fading to the covers and spine. Former owner's bookplate on the inside cover. It is composed of little more than extracts from the larger book with many of its illustrations.   Condition: Very Good.  Doll Houses, English Royality. DK-42  (Book ID 10791)  $17.50 Burton, William  Josiah Wedgwood and His Pottery  Funk and Wagnalls Company.  New York.  1922.  First Edition.  Cloth.  No. 1360 of 1500 copies. Gilt decoration front cover, gilt lettering spine. Gilt page tops. With 32 colour and 72 black-and-white plates. 195 pages. Rear end papers split at spine. Uncut page sides and bottoms. Contents include: The Early Conditions of the Pottery Industry in Staffordshire; The Improvement of Manufacturing Conditions in Staffordshire; The White and Cream-coloured Earthenware; The Invention of the "Jasper" Body; Wedgwood's Public Work; Wedgwood's Principal Artists; Wedgwood and His Family; etc.   Dish Ware. Statuary. Earthenware. Vase. Coffee Pot. Teapot.  (Book ID 4958)  $175.00 Chaffers, William  The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods; Selected from his Larger Work, Entitled "The Keramic Gallery"  Reeves & Turner. 1911. London..  Illustrated cloth. 350 illustrations Descriptions of various porcelains and pottery. Contents: Maiolica - Italy and Spain; Continental Fayence - France, Holland and Luxemburg, Russia, etc.; Continental Porcelain - Italy, Spain, France, etc.; Gr eat Britain - Pottery, Porcelain; Oriental Pottery and Porcelain - China, Japan, Turkey, etc.   POTTERY. PORCELAIN. FAYENCE. Home Decorating  (Book ID 2052)  $37.50 Day, Henry N.  The Science of Aesthetics; or the Nature, Kinds, Laws, and Uses of Beauty  G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1876. New York..  Cloth. Illustrations. Book plate and ink signature on front end papers. Water stain top of Frontispiece. The author writes about: Elements of Beauty (matter, idea, form, etc); The Universality of Beauty (necessary principles of taste); diversit y of tastes, etc.); Kinds of Beauty (of symmetry, unity in variety, order and proportion, etc.), Etc.   SYMMETRY. FORM. PROPORTION. TASTE. Home Decorating  (Book ID 2039)  $25.00 Dyer, Walter A.  The Lure of the Antique. Being a Book of Ready Reference for Collectors of Old Furniture, China, Mirrors, Candlesticks, Silverware, Pewter, Glassware, Copper Utensils, Clocks, and Other Household Furnishings of Our American Forefathers, and a Handy Guide  The Century Company.  New York, N.Y..  1910.  First Edition.  title cont."for the Determination of Age, Style, Maker, Genuineness, and Value . . .". In publisher's light green cloth binding with title and illustration on the front cover with title on the spine. Beginning to split along the inside of the front cover along the lower half, otherwise a clean solid copy with former owners written name in ink on the front inside cover 'Warel Poett Edwards, Santa Barbara'. 499 pages, index, with illustrations.   Condition: Very Good.  Antiques, Collectables, Furnishings. DK-12  (Book ID 9586)  $17.50 Eberlein, Harold Donaldson, and Abbot McClure  The Practical Book of Period Furniture; Treating of Furniture of the English, American Colonial and Post-Colonial and Principal French Periods  J. B. Lippincott Company. (1914). Philadelphia..  First edition. Illustrated cloth. 250 illustrations. Uncut pages. The authors describe this book as a ready reference to "identify and classify any piece of period furniture, whether original or a reproduction", and "The Illustrated Chronologica l K ey at the beginning of the book is of inestimable value in showing at a glance the dominant characteristics of each period style".   ANTIQUE FURNITURE. Home Decorating  (Book ID 2053)  $37.50 Haxworth, Lily, Compiler  Household Hand-Book Containing Reliable Hints and Suggestions for the Household  (Rumford Chemical Works). (Circa 1910). (Providence, Rhode Island)..  Wrappers. Illustrations. Back cover has slight spotting. Address label inside front cover. Pamphlet published by the Rumford Chemical Works extolling the many uses for their baking power product such as: care of kitchen utensils; preservation o f fo od; laundry; house cleaning; care of dining table and utensils; etc.   HOUSEHOLD HINTS. CLEANING SUGGESTIONS. FOOD PREPARATION. LAUNDRY. Home Decorating  (Book ID 2044)  $12.50 Hubbard, Bert  Impressions: Being Short Sketches and Intimacies Concerning Elbert Hubbard, the Roycoft and Roycroftie, Together with Some Autobiography.  The Roycrofters.  1921.  129 pages; illustrations; bound in paper boards with leather spine. Wear to the spine with title on the cover. Inscribed by the author "To: Elsie Lincoln Benedict, with best wishes of Elbert Hubbard II 10/17/21". Also has Benedict's ink stamp, she was the author of STIMULATING STANZAS (1900) and PRACTICAL PSYCHOLOGY (1920). Collection of essays by and about Elbert Hubbard, leader of the Roycroft movement and important in the Arts & Craft movement.   Condition: Fine.  Roycrofters, Arts & Crafts, Elbert Hubbard  (Book ID 11257)  $125.00 Jahss, Melvin and Betty  Inro and Other Miniature Forms of Japanese Lacquer Art  Charles E. Tuttle Company.  Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan.  First Edition.  Publisher's cardboard slipcase with a couple of small dents, otherwise the book, dust wrapper and slipcase are all fine. Former antique store-seller's ticket on front end paper. 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Color and black and white photos. 488 pages, including index.   Condition: Fine.  (Book ID 8786)  $75.00 Lee, Ruth Webb  Victorian Glass Specialties of the Nineteenth Century  Published By the Author.  Northboro, Massachusetts.  First Edition.  Original blue cloth with gil lettering. (1944). Contains chapters on: Rarities, most popular patterns, coin patterns, sets, butter dishes, table settings, figured glass, victorian novelities, animal dishes, glass hats, glass slippers, shoes and books, vases, peachblow, burmese and other shaded glass, sandwich glass, etched glass, etc. 260 photo illustrations. 608 pages, including index. Two small splits at top of spine carefully repaired. Former owner's book plate on back end paper.   Condition: Very Good.  Antique Collecting. Reference Books  (Book ID 7794)  $25.00 Lewis, G. Griffin  The Mystery of the Oriental Rug; The Mystery of the Rug, The Prayer Rug, Some Advice to Purchasers of Oriental Rugs  J. B. Lippincott Company. 1914. Philadelphia..  First edition. Illustrated cloth. Illustrations. Book plate on front end paper. Small water stain to bottom of spine at pages 74 to back end papers. The author wrote this monograph to enable the novice to more fully understand and appreciate th e be auty of Oriental rugs.   TAPESTRY. WEAVERS. TEXTILES. CARPETS. RUG DESIGNS. Home Decorating  (Book ID 2029)  $37.50 Lockwood, Luke Vincent  Colonial Furniture in America.  Charles Scribner's Sons.  New York, New York.  1901.  First Edition.  xix, 352 pages; photo illustrations; index; bound in publishers cloth, lettering on the front cover and spine. Spine lettering flaked to the point of unreadability. Joints somewhat cracked and glue strengthened. Gilt edging to the top. Furniture covered is as follows: Chests, Chests of Drawers, Cup and Sideboards, Chairs, Settles and Sofas, Tables, Desks, Mirrors, Bedsteads, and Clocks. Former owners bookplate with ink inscription (can not make it out clearly).   Condition: Good.  Colonial Furniture. DK-42  (Book ID 10786)  $50.00 Moore, N. Hudson  The Old China Book Including Staffordshire, Wedgwood, Lustre, and Other English Pottery and Porcelain  Frederick A. Stokes Company. (1903). New York..  Cloth. Illustrations. In the Preface, the author writes that this book has been compiled to meet the wants "of those who own old china, particularly old English china, and would like to know more about it.." Contents include chapters on Early P otte ry, Staffordshire Wares, Portrait Pieces, English Porcelain and Pottery, Basaltes, Lustres, White Ware, Wedgwood and His Wares, etc.   ENGLISH CHINA. CHINA COLLECTING. EARLY POTTERY. POTTER'S ART. Home Decorating  (Book ID 2033)  $25.00 Mumford, John Kimberly  Oriental Rugs  Charles Scribner's Sons. (1902). New York..  Third edition, revised and expanded. . Cloth. Illustrations. The author writes about the history of Oriental rugs, rug-weaving peoples, materials, dyers and dyes, design, weaving, classification, Turkish, Turkoman, Khilims, etc.   RUG WEAVERS. TAPESTRY. TEXTILES. ARTISTIC DESIGNS. CARPET. Home Decorating  (Book ID 2032)  $37.50 Radford, William A., Editor  Cement and How to Use It; A Working Manual of Up-To-Date Practice in the Manufacture and Testing of Cement; The Proportioning, Mixing, and Depositing of Concrete, and its Application to all Forms of Concrete Construction, (continued)  The Radford Architectural Company. (1910). Chicago..  Illustrated cloth. Illustrations. Title continued: "..Plain and Reinforced; With Special Chapters on Concreting Tools and Machinery, Waterproofing, Working Rules, etc". The author provides a how-to book on the making and use of cement.   CONSTRUCTION. REPAIR. BUILDING COMPOSITION. DESIGN. Home Decorating  (Book ID 2056)  $25.00 Sargent, Walter  The Enjoyment and Use of Color  Charles Scribner's Sons. 1924. New York..  Cloth. Illustrations, six in color. Ink signature on front end paper. The author writes about color: color sensations (on emotions, advancing and retreating colors, etc.); color values and intensities (qualities of white and black, etc.); compl imen tary colors (mixtures of paint); composite colors (artistic importance, etc.); color harmonies (brilliant colors not necessarily crude, etc.).   COLOR INTENSITY. COMPLIMENTARY COLORS. HUES. ARTISTIC EXPRESSION. Home Decorating  (Book ID 2048)  $25.00 Shackleton, Robert and Elizabeth  The Charm of the Antique  Hearst International Library Co..  New York.  First Edition.  (1914). Publisher's green cloth. 65 photo illustrations, complete. 300 pages. Well written account of what and why to collect antiques.   Condition: Very Good.  Collecting. Furniture. China.  (Book ID 7590)  $25.00 Shackleton, Robert and Elizabeth  The Quest of the Colonial  The Penn Publishing Company.  Philadelphia.  1923.  Later Printing.  Cloth.  Illustrated by Fenn, Harry.  Slight chipping spine top and bottom. Illustrated with many photographs and decorations; color frontispiece. 425 pages. Front and rear end papers split at spine. Book plate and ink inscription front end paper. The authors write of their experiences searching for furniture and home accessories: The Finding of Old-Time Houses; The Country Auction; Buying Apparent Wrecks; Repairing and Polishing at Home; Fakes -- How to Recognize and Avoid Them; Finds in Unexpected Places; etc.   Antiques. Furniture. Household Goods. Clocks. Candlesticks. Andirons.  (Book ID 4957)  $25.00 Tessin, Louise D.  Jesso; Modeling for Modern Handicrafts  Milton Bradley Company. (1923). Springfield, Massachusetts..  Illustrated wrappers. Illustrations. The author describes Jesso and the many ways it can be used in making crafts; on plain smooth surfaces like mirrors which can then be painted, to achieve a basket weave effect, inlaid designs, stipple surface, dr ipped effect. Some designs included.   CRAFT TECHNIQUE. DECORATION. ART FORM. DESIGN. Home Decorating  (Book ID 2045)  $25.00

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