18. Decoration And Glass
Decoration
Percier, C, & P L F Fontaine. Receuil de Décoration Intérieures &c, parts 1, 2 and 3 [facsimile no 225 of the hand coloured original in the collection of M A Decour, Paris]. C Hessling, Paris, no date [authors, Paris, 1801].
Nathaniel Whittock. The Decorative Painters' and Glaziers' Guide. London, no date [1827: this copy may be the second issue, of 1828]. A very early and unusual decorator's guide with a number of hand-coloured plates of woodgraining, &c, and glass staining; also examples of decorative painting on holland blinds. [Link]
C F Bielefeld. On the Use of the Improved Papier-Mâché, &c. London, no date [c 1840?] The 1850 edition held by the State Library of Victioria appears to be the same but with additions
[p] A H Layard. Paper on Mosaic Decoration read at a Meeting of the Royal Institute of British Architects (Venice & Murano Glass & Mosaic Company, London 1869) [reprint of paper from the Journal of the RIBA]
C L Eastlake. Hints on Household Taste, &c. 3rd ed, London 1872 [1869]. Bookplate of the library of Petworth, Sussex (estate of the 1st Earl of Egremont from the mid-eighteenth century, inherited by the first Baron Leconfield upon the death of the fourth Earl of Egremont and the extinction of the title). This is significant because, as Tracy Avery advises me, Henry, second Lord Leconfield, his younger brother Percy, and both of their wives, were prominent patrons of the Arts and Crafts movement. From 1869 Salvin oversaw substantial changes at Petworth and work was commissioned from Morris & Co. Percy and Madeleine Wyndham went on to commission the famous Arts and Crafts house 'Clouds' from Philip Webb .
R W Edis. Decoration & Furniture of Town Houses. London 1881.
[Mrs H R] Haweis. The Art of Decoration. London 1881.
J W Facey. Elementary Decoration: a guide to the simpler forms of eveyday art as applied to the interior and exterior decoration of dwelling-houses, etc. Crosby Lockwood. London 1882.
J M Smith. Ornamental Interiors Ancient and Modern. London 1887.
William McQuhae. The Decorators and Artisans Guide Book[cover title The Decorator's and Artisan's Handbook]. Cockermouth [Cumberland] 1890.
(p) The Willer Manufacturing Co.Catalogue No.10. Pocket Edition. Milwaukee [Wisconsin] 1890. This is the company which made the beautiful jalousie blind panels, moving like sashes, found at 'Rio Vista', Mildura, Victoria: the catalogue illustrates several models. [Link]
(ef) G A & M A Audsley. The Practical Decorator and Ornamentalist, &c. Blackie, Glasgow 1892.
O W Davies. Interior Decoration for Dwelling Houses. London n.d.
W J Pearce. Painting and Decorating. London 1898.
P Gélis-Didot & H Leffillée, La Peinture Décorative en France du XIe au XVIe Siècle [60 loose plates and numbered text fascicles] 2nd ed, Librairies-Imprimeries Réunies, Paris, no date [c 1900]. [Link]
Candace Wheeler. Principles of Home Decoration. New York 1903.
(p) P N Hasluck [ed]. Decoration of the House [Work booklet no 4] London, no date [?c1910].
P N Hasluck [ed]. Cassell's House Decoration. London 1910.
P N Hasluck [ed]. House Decoration. London 1911.
(p) Tile-Tex Company. Marbleized Tile-Tex Floor Tile Excels in Beauty, Durability and Economy. Chicago Heights [Illinois] no date [c1935]. [Link]
(p) Tile-Tex Company. Tile-Tex - the final Floor: Master Specifications, Colour Chart. Chicago Heights [Illinois] no date [c1935]. [Link]
Thomas French & Sons Limited. Venetian Blinds. Manchester 1941.
(p) Michael Nairn & Co. Ltd. Marble. Plain. Jaspe. Inlaid. Printed Linoleum. Kirkcaldy [Scotland] no date [c1950]. [Link]
Paint
The Painter, Gilder, and Varnisher's Companion. Philadelphia 1850.
(p) H W Johns M'fg Co. Modern House Painting. New York, no date [c 1886].
F W Devoe & Company. House Painting. New York 1890. [Link]
E A Davidson. A Practical Manual of House-Painting, Graining, Marbling and Sign-Writing. 8th ed, London 1900.
P N Hasluck [ed]. Wood Finishing. London 1911.
A S Jennings. Painting by Immersion and by Compressed Air. London 1915.
S C Johnson & Son. The Proper Treatment for Floors, Woodwork and Furniture. Racine [Wisconsin] 1920.
(p) The Muralo Company Inc. Indeliblo Cold Water Paint. New Brighton [New York], no date [?c1920]. Colour card. [Link]
(p) Frank Gibson. A Practical Guide to Stencilling. London 1923.
Andrew Millar, Scumbling & Colour Glazing. Trade Papers Publishing, London 1924
(p) Stencilling with Reeves' Stencil Colours, &c. London 1926 [Link]
(p) Certain-Teed Products Corporation, Certain-Teed House Paint [leaflet and colour card] Certain-teed, New York no date {?c1930).
A S Jennings. The Modern Painter and Decorator. 3 vols, London, no date [c 1930]. Additional copies of vols I & III. According to Beattie Book Catalogue 194, item 84 (1996), the first edition was 1921 (4th ed 1950). This is a revised edition with contributions by G C Rothery, who also contributed to Newbold's Modern Practical Buildingof c 1935.
(p) Sherwin Williams. Roof & Bridge Paint. No place or date [USA c 1935]. Colour card. [Link]
(p) Sherwin Williams. Waggon & Implement Paint. No place or date [USA c 1935]. Colour card. [Link]
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. Architectural Specifications: Paint - Varnish. Pittsburgh [Pennsylvania] 1935.
The Practical Painter and Decorator Illustrated. London, no date [c 1945]. Dated on the basis of the list of British standard specifications, of which the latest dates from 1944.
Jeffrey Farnol. Portrait of a Gentleman in Colours. London, no date.
A G Geeson [ed]. The Practical Painter & Decorator. 4th ed, 2 vols, London 1950.
Paint science
A S Church. The Chemistry of Paints and Painting. London 1890.
G H Hurst. Painters' Colours, Oils, and Varnishes: a Practical Manual. 2nd ed, London 1896 [1892].
A C Wright. Simple Methods for Testing Painters' Materials. London 1903.
J C Smith. Paint & Painting Defects their Detection, Cause & Cure. Trade Papers Publishing, London 1904. [Link]
G Petit [translated D Grant]. The Manufacture and Comparative Merits of White Lead and Zinc White Paints. London 1907. [Link]
Wallpaper
James Arrowsmith. The Paper-Hanger's Companion. Philadelphia 1856.
(p) Beck, Fr, & Co. Lincrusta-Walton. New York, no date [c 1900]. [Link]
(p) Tekko et Salubra [3 small sample books of wallpaper], Paris c 1903
Anaglypta and Salamander Decorations. Darwen [Lancashire] 1909.
Alfred Peats Company. Prize Wall Paper Book 5. New York, no date [1910]. The sample papers do not appear to be all (if any) manufactured by the company, as some bear disparate brands or signatures such as '...gue Papers' / 'Allen Higgins W. ...'. They include a 'metallicized leather effect' paper in somewhat lurid colours; an allegedly new material called 'Hofi' with a woven grass effect but in somewhat synthetic colours; varnished tile effects with emulsified printing, much like the saniitary papers; and, 'something of a novelty', 'fibre floor' or 'fiber floor', an imitation of boarding or 'not an imitation but printed directly from the wood and is an exact reproduction of a hardwood floor, that cannot be distinguished from the genuine ', on a jute substrate. [Link]
J W Gerry. Style Book No. 100 Sanitas Modern Wall Covering. Boston, no date [c1920]. [Link]
Phyllis Ackerman. Wallpaper: its History, Design and Use. New York 1923.
Nancy McClelland. Historic Wall-Papers, from their Inception to the Introduction of Machinery. Philadelphia 1924.
A V Sugden & J L Edmondson . A History of English W allpape 1509-1914. London 1925.
Wall Paper Manufacturers Ltd . Beautiful Rooms Artistically Decorated. Manchester, no date [c 1925]. The date is suggested by Maggie Wood, of the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture, Middlesex University, where a copy is held.. [Link]
(f) W P M Ltd. Relief Decorations. WPM, Darwen [Lancashire] 1937. Loose with this copy a 1937 price list, a despatch note to the Stalley Frith Box Co of Norwood, South Australia, and a customs declaration. Catalogue of Lincrusta-Walton, Cordelova, Anaglypta, Salamander, Lignomur & Cameoid. [Link]
Glass transfers
Crystograph sample book, undated folio with mainly loose samples of Crystograph glass transfers.
Levens. Vitraux Adhésifs . Paris, no date [1907]. [Link]
Glass
The Plate Glass Book … By a Glass-House Clerk. To which is added The Complete Appraiser … ( 3rd ed, author, London 1760) Inscribed ‘Edwd Rogers paid John Whitcross for this Book Octr 21st 1773.
(p) H Bielfeld. A Guide to Painting on Glass. London 1855.
M A Gessert. Rudimentary Treatise on the Art of Painting on Glass, or Glass-Staining. 3rd ed, London 1857.
Charles Winston, An Inquiry into the Difference in Style Observable in Ancient Glass Paintings, &c. 2nd ed, 2 vols, James Parker & Co, Oxford 1867 [1846].
(f) N H J Westlake. A History of Design in Painted Glass. 4 vols in 3, James Parker, London 1881, 1882,1886.
(p) J R Welsman. Trade Prices of British and Foreign Plate and Window Glass, &c. Bradford 1880.
Glass, Paints, Varnishes and Brushes: their History, Manufacture and Use. Pittsburgh 1923.
Raymond McGrath & A C Frost. Glass in Architecture and Decoration. London 1937.
Raymond McGrath & A C Frost. Glass in Architecture and Decoration. London 1961 [1937].
(p) Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Better Interiors for Better Business with Glass. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Pittsburgh [Pennsylvania], no date [1944].
Glaceries de la Sambre. "Polyglass" Insulating Units. Auvelais [Belgium], no date.
John Gloag [ed]. The Place of Glass in Building. Allen & Unwin, London 1948.
See also:
(sec 1) Journal of Decorative Art (for Lincrusta-Walton and Japanese leather papers) (sec 5) Treatise on Architecture 4. [incl] Painting and Decorating I C S Reference Library: 72. Heating, Painting, Superintendence (sec 6) H W Johns Price List, 1890 (sec 40) Lord, Interior Decoration (sec 41) Brief History of Berger