THE ART OF COLOUR DECORATION. Being an Explanation of the Purposes to be kept in View and the Means of attaining Them. By John D. Crace, F.S.A. Hon. Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects and President of the Incorporated Institute of British Decorators. With Facsimiles of Coloured Drawings by the Author and Other Illustrations.

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FIRST EDITION. 4to. 12.25 x 10 inches. xiii +[i] + 89 + [3] + [6] blank Memoranda. Bound in original green cloth, gilt with decorative blind stamping on front board. Some wear to extremities, including corners and flyleaves darkened with crease on front flyleaf; otherwise a very good copy with a clean interior. Signature on first free endpaper. Illustrated by 21 plates paginated in text, including frontispiece, in colour with captioned tissue guards, and in black and white and by 16 text figures. An examination of mural and ceiling interior decoration, largely illustrated by reference to the Italian masters. A chapter at the end looks at modern work. John Diblee Crace (1838-1919) was a renowned interior decoration whose work included the National Gallery, the British Museum, the Royal Academy and Longleat House. ARCHITECTURE DECORATIVE ARTS ARCHITECTURE DECORATIVE ARTS 20TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED ARCHITECTURE.

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THE ART OF COLOUR DECORATION. Being an Explanation of the Purposes to be kept in View and the Means of attaining Them. By John D. Crace, F.S.A. Hon. Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects and President of the Incorporated Institute of British Decorators. With Facsimiles of Coloured Drawings by the Author and Other Illustrations.

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B. T. Batsford, 94 High Holborn., London

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1912