This revised edition reveals how best to capture a sense of the past by using a combination of imaginative flair, historical knowledge and practical expertise. It includes ideas for every period of interior decoration and for every style.
Known as the Victorian era, its influence extended to architecture, furniture, clothing, and the moral code of conduct. Because of advances in technology at this time, new materials and construction techniques impacted styles.
Period Style for the Theatre
Technological and aesthetic developments that affect design, lighting, and music are also included. This is a textbook meant for Period Styles courses in Theatre programs.
Each chapter covers a different fixture or fitting suited to a period home, followed by a photo gallery of ideas in chronological order.
Memorandum from Henry Costanzo, August 16, 1956, RG 469, box 46, file Trade— import/Exports, national Archives and Records Administration (hereafter nARA); Letter from Korean Tire Association, 1959, RG 469, box 104, ...
I myself speak about slavery to time schedule. We are constrained by the date, the hour, the deadline. Yet, when I get up in the morning, how do I know what to do? How can I act freely without being ordered by someone else to do what ...
Offers tips for period-style decorating using curtains, draperies, and soft furnishings, and includes step-by-step sewing instructions for fourteen projects
What you do with the loose ends of the hair will depend on what they style you are creating needs to look like. ... Breaking. Down/Putting. Together. a. Hairstyle. Once you have mastered all the basic styling techniques, you must then ...
What we have judged as static styles in this period are—seen from the distance of time—actually reiterations of past styles with subtle differences and small innovations, such as the culotte. A flourish of ac- cessories, hats, ...
Household Furniture and Interior Decoration: Classic Style Book of the Regency Period