Furnishing the home of good taste : a brief sketch of the period styles in interior decoration with suggestions as to their employment in the homes of today
A guide to period styles in interior decoration written by Lucy Abbot Throop and published by McBride, Nast in New York in 1912, addressed to American householders furnishing rooms of their own. Halftone photographs show single pieces — carved Louis XV armchairs, bergères, Empire sofas — set against paneled walls, tapestries and marble floors, useful for upholstery pattern, carved scrollwork and cabriole leg profiles.
