Mrs H.R. Haweis The Art of Decoration 1889

Author : Mrs H.R. Haweis  

Title:  The Art of Decoration         

Publication:  New Edition Published By Chatto & Windus London 1889……………………… (See Pictures) 

Condition Of Book: This is a Very Good Copy of this book in Publisher’s original richly decorated burgundy cloth boards with title lettering in silver to the spine and upper cover.The book has plain white endpapers with half title page and one previous owner’s name to the front endpaper.The work is complete and comes as described with three book sections,first part is one ‘The Search After Beauty’ the second part is ” A Retrospect of Rooms ” and the third part is ” General Applications ” In all there are a total of 11 chapters and some 74 b&w engravings and illustrations.The book has a little weakness to the front hinge join and corners are a knocked.The contents in general remain  clean internally.A decent copy for the collector,8vo (xxiv) 407pp New Edition [1889] 

Mrs H.R. Haweis: She was as a British Author of books and essays. In her early life, she mainly focused on painting, drawing, and illustrating work. Some of her other  published works include Chaucer For Children,Chaucer for Schools (1881), The Art of Beauty (1878), The Art of Dress (1879), The Art of Decoration (1881), and The Art of Housekeeping (1889), Beautiful Houses (1882), A Flame of Fire (1897).

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