Charlotte Gere Books

The nineteenth century saw a revolution in the home. Technological innovations in lighting, plumbing, and construction completely transformed the functional aspects of the domestic interior, while in the field of aesthetics, the century witnessed the birth and ascendancy of the crucial concept of 'interior decoration.'

"This volume ... is presented for the general public as well as the collector and scholar; it includes a brief history of nineteenth-century interior decoration and the painted depiction of it."--Page 7