Project Gutenberg 2005-01-28 Public domain in the USA. 104 Throop, Lucy Abbot Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today Reading ease score: 63.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Susan Skinner and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Furnishing the Home of Good Taste" by Lucy Abbot Throop is a descriptive treatise on interior decoration that was likely written in the early 20th century. The work delves into the historical evolution of various period styles in furniture design, offering insights and suggestions for their application in contemporary homes. Throop aims to enlighten readers about the rich tapestry of design history to aid them in making informed furnishing choices that reflect a sense of taste and style. At the start of the book, the author emphasizes the challenges of succinctly capturing the history of furniture design, which interlinks with art, culture, and societal trends. Throop addresses the novice home-maker's need for foundational knowledge about historical influences in decoration, stressing how understanding furniture styles can prevent the purchase of poorly designed pieces. The opening sections touch on the interplay between architecture and decoration, with references to ancient civilizations such as Egypt and Greece, setting the stage for a thorough exploration of significant periods like the Renaissance and Louis XIV’s regime, among others. This scholarly approach highlights the importance of contextual knowledge in achieving a tasteful home environment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Interior decoration NK Text Technology Browsing: Architecture Browsing: Art & Photography 390100 381445 2024-10-06T14:44:39.405312 2023-09-07T05:00:01.122615 text/html text/html 366601 2020-12-19T07:43:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 3865721 2020-12-19T07:43:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 4238752 2024-10-06T14:44:56.233200 application/epub+zip 4199875 2024-10-06T14:44:43.953301 application/epub+zip 199527 2024-10-06T14:44:41.917270 application/epub+zip 4345571 2024-10-06T14:45:05.428137 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4270197 2024-10-06T14:44:51.508239 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 251184 2022-09-07T18:27:38.605800 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 315578 315493 2024-10-06T14:44:37.841263 2023-09-07T04:59:59.944596 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 315578 2020-12-19T07:43:09 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 110796 2020-12-19T07:43:09 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 315567 2020-12-19T07:43:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 110715 2020-12-19T07:43:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21120 2024-10-06T14:45:05.686134 application/rdf+xml 14784 2024-10-06T14:44:42.546240 image/jpeg 3559 2024-10-06T14:44:42.241258 image/jpeg 3930615 2024-10-06T14:44:39.888255 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog