SILVER STUDIO OF DESIGN: A DESIGN AND SOURCE BOOK FOR HOME DECORATION

Turner, Mark and Hoskins, Lesley

ISBN 10: 0863501567 / ISBN 13: 9780863501562

Published by Webb & Bower / Michael Joseph [1988], Exeter Devon, 1988

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A record of British furnishing and decorating tastes over the last hundred years Near Fine in dust jacket, slight shelfwear. Seller Inventory # 02993

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Title: SILVER STUDIO OF DESIGN: A DESIGN AND SOURCE...

Publisher: Webb & Bower / Michael Joseph [1988], Exeter Devon

Publication Date: 1988

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: Edition Not Stated.

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Synopsis:

THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE EVER PUBLISHED TO ENGLISH FURNISHING, DECORATING AND STYLE OVER THE PAST HUNDRED YEARS. IT COVERS EVERY ASPECT OF HOUSE DECORATION FROM THE COLOUR OF THE PAINTWORK TO THE PATTERN OF THE WALLPAPER. MOST OF THE ILLUSTRATIVE MATERIAL AND DESIGN IDEAS HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THE SILVER STUDIO COLLECTION IN LONDON; PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN BOOK FORM. THIS STUDIO WAS STARTED IN 1880 BY ARTHUR SILVER AND QUICKLY BECAME A LEADING INDEPENDENT COMMERCIAL STUDIO OF THE PERIOD, SELLING DESIGNS MAINLY FOR WALLPAPERS, TEXTILES AND FLOOR COVERINGS, ALSO FOR SILVERWARE, GRAPHICS AND CERAMICS. THE DESIGNS WERE AVAILABLE FROM A VARIETY OF RETAILERS AND MANUFACTURERS BOTH IN BRITAIN AND THE USA, INCLUDING JEFFREY & CO. AND LIBERTY. THE SILVER STUDIO "LOOK" SPREAD THROUGHOUT BRITAIN, AND SUB- SEQUENTLY AROAD, IN PARTICULAR FRANCE, BELGIUM AND THE USA. THE BOOK IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR DISTINCT PERIODS; 1880-1895 - VICTORIAN DEVOTION TO THE DELIGHTS OF HOME DECORATION, 1895-1910 - EDWARDIAN OPULENCE & NEW ART, 1910-1925 - IN PRAISE OF ENGLISH PAST AND 1925-1940 - A DIVISION OF TASTES.

THE ILLUSTRATIONS, MAINLY IN COLOUR, RE-CAPTURE "ENGLISH STYLE" INTERIORS, AND INCLUDE MANY DESIGN DETAILS SUCH AS BORDERS, FURNISHINGS, CARPETS, WALLPAPERS AND THE USE OF COLOUR.