Main entry:

Herts, B. Russell (Benjamin Russell), 1888-

Title & Author:

The art and business of interior decoration, by B. Russell Herts.

Publication:

Boston, Small, Maynard [©1922]

Description:

xiv, 134 pages frontispieces, plates 27 cm

Notes:
Plates printed on both sides.
Part one: The interior decorator and those who help and hinder him: -- The architect and the decorator and the difficulties that arise between them -- Decorators and decorators-great and small, commercial and aesthetic, creative and perfunctory -- Decorators and tradesmen -- Is the decorator a business man or a professional -- The decorator and the client -- an analysis of groups, their handicaps and advantages -- Some duties and difficulties of the decorator -- to himself , his client, his competitors and those who labor with him.
Part two: Certain specific problems of decoration: -- The small and simple apartment -- The larger and more sumptuous apartment -- City homes, their alteration, architecturally and decoratively -- Country houses -- old, new and reconstructed ; modest and magnificent -- Hotels, lobbies, restaurants, grill rooms, bedrooms -- Stage settings for the drama, the musical comedy and farce, the moving pictures, impressionistic and realistic -- Theatres and public buildings, rotunds, waiting rooms, auditoriums -- Shops: milliners, dressmakers, men's shops, department stores, tea rooms, beauty parlors, decorators, studios, etc. -- The hope of a great decorative art in America.

Subject:

Interior decoration firms Management.
Interior decoration Practice.
Interior Design and Furnishings
Sociétés de décoration intérieure Gestion.
Décoration intérieure Pratique.
Department stores United States 1920-1930.
Furniture 1920-1930.
Interiors United States 1920-1930.
Office furniture 1930-1940.

Form/genre:

Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 14249
Call No.: 6483; ID:87-B4094
Status: Available