Primary authority on what was proper, beautiful, efficient in all aspects of mid-19th-century interior design. Originally published in 1868. Over 100 illustrations.

This book was written by Charles Eastlake, a British architect and designer who established his own style called Eastlake style. Hints on Household Taste in Furniture, Upholstery and Other Details was a very influential book in England and America during the Victorian period.

Primary authority on what was proper, beautiful, efficient in all aspects of mid-19th-century interior design. Originally published in 1868. Over 100 illustrations.

This highly illustrated 1868 work on interior design gives a fascinating insight into the late Victorian taste for the medieval.

Excerpt from Hints on Household Taste in Furniture, Upholstery, and Other Details Some time ago a little essay of mine on 'the Fashion of Furniture, ' which appeared in the Cornhill Magazine, ' led to my being invited by the Editor of 'the Queen' to write for that journal a series of articles on the same subject. Those articles, combined with others recently con tributed to the 'london Review, ' have formed, after considerable revision and additions, material. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.