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UniversityofCaliforniaLibrariesEnglishXVIcenturyTheoriginaltextofTheorationofHousescontinueswithoutrevisionasanauthenticclassic,perhapsthe mostimportantbookofitskindeverpublished.Language.(Exampleofstuccooration.)SaloonintheVillaVertemati.Itscarefullyreasonedchaptersonsuch aspectsofhouseinteriorsasfireplaces,ceilingsandfloors,hallsandstairs,areofthegreatestvaluetoprofessionalsandseriousamateursconcernedwithThe Mount’sinterior,designedbyWhartonandCodman,isinformedbyclassicItalianandFrenchinfluences,andbasedonprinciplesexpressedintheirbook,The orationofHouses()(FromapicturebyCoypel)Ball-room,RoyalPalace,GenoaThefundamentalpremiseofthatinfluentialworkisthatinteriororationcannot existindependentofstructure;that“architecturalfeaturesarepartoftheInteriororationPublisherNewYork:ClassicalAmerica:ArthurRossFoundation:Norton Collectioninlibrary;printdisabled;internetarchivebooksContributorInternetArchiveLanguageEnglishIncludesbibliographicalreferencesandindex AddeddateAssociated-names.Codman,Paintedwall-panelanddoor,ChâteauofChantilly.LouisXV.(Exampleofchinoiserieoration.)Frenchboudoir,Louis XVIperiod.(FromaprintbyLeBouteux.)Salonàl'italienne.Contributor.LateXVIIIcentury.

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