The English interior : a review of the decoration of English houses from Tudor times to the XIXth century / by Arthur Stratton

Arthur Stratton

RA Collection: Book

Record number

15/3499

Author

Imprint

London: B.T. Bastsford Ltd. 94 High Holborn, [1920]

Physical Description

2 preliminary leaves, xiii, [1], v-xxviii, 86 pages, CXIV leaves of plates (some colour) : illustrations ; 39 cm.

General Note

The printer is named at the foot of the verso of page xiii: `Printed in Great Britain by Neill and Co., Ltd., Edinburgh.’
Date of publication take from the Preface [p.vi].

Contents

Preface -- Alphabetical list of plates and text illustrations -- Historical and descriptive notes on the interiors illustrated -- Part I. Interiors of the Tudor and Early Stuart Periods (Including Plates I. and II.) -- Part II. Late Stuart Interiors (Including Plates III. And IV.) -- Part III. Georgian Interiors (Including Plates V.-IX.) -- Part IV. The principle features of the English interior considered in detail (Including Plates X.-XV.) -- Wall treatment -- Decoration in colour -- Ceilings of wood and plaster -- Fireplaces and chimney-pieces -- Doors and doorways -- Staircases -- Index of text -- Plates to Part I. Nos. XVI.-XXX. -- Plates to Part II. Nos. XXXI.-LXXV. -- Plates to Part III. Nos. LXXVI.-CXV.

Provenance

Inscribed in pencil on front free endpaper: `E. Vincent Harris ... Eaton Square, S.W.1'

Copy Note

The front pastedown carries a 20th-century Royal Academy of Arts bookplate on which is written: `Presented by Mrs E. Vincent Harris, 1965’

Subject

Interior decoration - England
Decoration and ornament
Architecture - Domestic - England
Burlington House - Interiors

Contributors

Arthur Stratton, draughtsman
W. Curtis Green RA, draughtsman
William Haywood, draughtsman
John Wykenham Archer, source artist
E. Vincent Harris RA, previous owner, donor
B. T. Batsford Ltd., publisher
Neill And Company (Edinburgh), printer