Nineteenth-Century Interiors: Volume III: Domestic Interior Spaces

This volume of primary source materials documents the spatial layouts of the nineteenth century home as they often became more precisely planned with rooms for specific purposes being developed. The styles began to truly reflect the owner’s taste and position. The range is of course vast from single room dwellings to large-scale mansions and numerous variations in-between. Accompanied by extensive editorial commentary, this collection will be of great interest to students and scholars of art history.

Table of Contents:

Volume 3. Domestic Interior Spaces

General Introduction

Part 1. Overviews

1. ‘Model Housing’, The Great Exhibition of 1851; Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue, vol. I, pp. 111-12

2. Rhoda Garrett, ‘How to Improve the Interior of Modern Houses, with Special Reference to their Furniture and Decorations’, in Charles Wagner Ryalls (ed.), Transactions of The National Association for The Promotion of Social Science (London: Longmans Green & Co., 1876), pp. 863-5

3. Millicent Whiteside Cook, Tables and Chairs: A Practical Guide to Economical Furnishing (London: Routledge,1876), pp. 7-12

4. Mrs M. J. Loftie, ‘Furnishing’, Social Twitters, (London Macmillan 1879), pp. 55-61

5. John James Stevenson, House Architecture (London: Macmillan, 1880), Vol 2, pp. 47-52

6. Robert W. Edis, ‘Internal Decoration’, in S. F. Murphy, Our Homes and How to Make Them Healthy. [Papers on sanitary subjects] (London: Cassell & Co. 1883), pp. 308-14

7. Arnold W. Brunner and Thomas Tyron, Interior Decoration (New York: W.T. Comstock, 1887), pp. 5-8

8. Mary Gay Humphreys, ‘House Decoration and Furnishing’, in The Woman’s Book, (New York: Scribner Sons 1894), pp. 102-6

9. Joseph Crouch and Edmund Butler, The Apartments of the House: Their Arrangement, Furnishing and Decoration (London: At the Sign of the Unicorn, 1900), pp. 3-9

10. Banister F. Fletcher and H. Phillips Fletcher, The English Home (London: Methuen, 1910), pp. 220-9

Part 2. Batchelor/Spinster rooms

11. Edith Long Fox, ‘An Old Maid’s Sanctum’, Cassell’s Family Magazine, June 1895, pp. 537-40

12. Horace Townsend, ‘A Scheme of Decoration for a Bachelor’s Room: With Illustrations by G.M. Ellwood’, Studio, 16, 1899, pp. 242-9

Part 3. Bathrooms

13. John Claudius Loudon, The Suburban Gardener, and Villa Companion Comprising the Choice of a Suburban Or Villa Residence, Or of a Situation on which to Form One; the Arrangement and Furnishing of the House; and the Laying Out, Planting, and General Management of the Garden and Grounds... (London: The Author, 1838), pp. 675-9

14. Jane E. Panton, Homes of Taste: Economical Hints (London: S. Low, Marston, Searle, Rivington. 1890), pp. 129-33

15. Ellen A. Conway, ‘A Remodeled Bathroom’, The Decorator and Furnisher, 27, 5, 1896, pp.146-8

16. [Anon], ‘A Modern Bath-room Designed by E. M. Simas’, Studio, 17, 1899, pp. 32-6

Part 4. Bedrooms

17. [Anon], Practical Economy, or The Application of Modern Discoveries to the Purposes of Domestic Life (London: H. Colburn & Co. 1822), pp. 63-70

18. Leigh Hunt, Men, Women, and Books: A Selection of Sketches, Essays, and Critical Memoirs, from His Uncollected Prose Writings (London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1847), pp. 114-28

19. Lady Barker, ‘An Ideal Bedroom’, Bedroom and Boudoir (London: Macmillan, 1878), pp. 1-14

20. [Anon], Warnings to Householders. 130 Hints and Precautions Concerning Safety, Health, And Comfort in our Dwellings (London: Vizitelly and Co.,1880), pp. 47-53

21. Roger Riordan and Clarence Cook, ‘The Modern Home, VII- The Bedroom’, The Art Amateur 11, 6, November 1884, pp. 128-33

22. Mary F. Harman, ‘Bedroom Furnishings’, The Decorator and Furnisher, 16, 5, 1890, p.164

23. [Anon], ‘House Furnishing’, The Woman at Home: Annie S. Swan's magazine, vol. I, c.1893, pp. 309-12

24. Henry J. Jennings ‘Fitted Bedrooms’, in Our Homes and How to Beautify Them (London: Harrison & Sons, 1902), pp. 226-36

Part 5. Billiard Rooms

25. Mary Gay Humphreys, ‘The Billiard Room’ in ‘House Decoration And Furnishing’,

in The Woman’s Book Vol II (New York: Scribner’s 1894) pp. 145-6

26. Jane E. Panton, ‘The Billiard Room’, in A Gentlewoman's Home: The Whole Art of Building, Furnishing, and Beautifying the Home (London: "The Gentlewoman" Offices, 1896), pp.227-48

Part 6. Boudoirs

27. [Anon], ‘Houses, and How to Furnish Them’, Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, 27, 175, 1 July 1879, pp. 10-11

28. Mrs Talbot Coke, ‘On Boudoir Bedrooms’, Hearth and Home, 13, 335, 14 October 1897, p. 88

29. Aymer Vallance, ‘Good Furnishing and Decoration of the House: The Boudoir’, The Magazine of Art, 2, 1904, pp. 274-82

Part 7. Dining rooms

30. I. J. Kent, ART. VII. ‘On The Dwelling-Rooms of a House’, [Dining room] Architectural Magazine, and Journal of Improvement in Architecture, Building, and Furnishing, and in the various Arts and Trades Connected Therewith, 2, 16, 1835, pp. 228-33

31. Charles W. Elliott, ‘Household Art. VI. The Dining-Room’, The Art Journal, 2, 1876, pp. 180–5

32. [Anon Reviewer] ‘Art at Home: The Dining-Room’, By Mrs. Loftie. London Macmillan and Co. 1878, Examiner, 9 February 1878, pp 183-4

33. Isabel R. Wallach, ‘In The Dining-Room: II. —Furniture, Draperies, And Decorations’, Harper’s Bazaar, 31, 22 January 1898, p. 82

34. Aymer Vallance, ‘Good Furnishing and Decoration of the House: The Dining Room’, Magazine of Art, 2, 1904, pp. 68-73.

Part 8. Drawing Rooms (Living rooms, Lounges, Morning Rooms, Salons, Parlours, etc.)

35. [Anon], ‘Thoughts On Drawing-Rooms’, Chambers’s Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts, 164, 1867, pp. 107-9

36. Mrs. Orrinsmith, ‘Evils and Remedies’, The Drawing Room, its Decorations and Furniture Art at Home Series (London: Macmillan, 1877), pp. 1-9

37. [Anon], ‘Houses, and How to Furnish Them’, Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, vol. 27, 175, 1 July 1879, pp. 8+

38. Grant Allen, ‘The Philosophy of Drawing-Rooms’, Cornhill Magazine, 41, 1880, pp. 312–26

39. Ralph A. Cram, ‘Studies for the Interior Decoration of City Houses. The Drawing Room’, The Decorator and Furnisher, 9, 2, 1886, pp. 48-9

Part 9. Dressing rooms

40. Robert Kerr, The Gentleman’s House: Or, How to plan English residences, from the parsonage to the palace; with tables of accommodation and cost, and a series of selected plans (London: J. Murray 1865), p. 135-6

41. Baroness B. A. A. Staffe and C. Campbell, ‘Its Furnishing’, The Lady’s Dressing-room (London: Cassell, 1892), pp. 19-26

Part 10. Halls and Staircases

42. Robert Kerr, ‘The Entrance Hall’, in The Gentleman’s House: Or, How to plan English residences, from the parsonage to the palace; with tables of accommodation and cost, and a series of selected plans (London: J. Murray, 1865), pp. 160-3

43. Ralph A. Cram, ‘Studies for the Interior Decoration of City Houses. The Stairway’, The Decorator and Furnisher, 8, 4, 1886, pp. 110-11

44. Agnes Bailey Ormsbee, ‘Halls’ The House Comfortable (New York: Harper & Bros, 1892), pp. 181-6

45. Mrs. Talbot Coke, ‘On Landings’, Hearth and Home, vol. 5, 117, 10 August 1893, pp. 438+

46. C. F. A. Voysey, ‘Remarks on Domestic Entrance Halls’, The Studio, 21, 1901, pp. 242-6

47. Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman Jr., ‘Halls and Stairs’ Decoration of Houses (London: Batsford 1898), pp 114-21

Part 11. Kitchens and Associated Spaces

48. Mrs. Parkes, Domestic Duties, or Instructions to Young Married Ladies, on the Management of their Households 3rd Edition (London: Longman 1828), pp. 205-10

49. Millicent Whiteside Cook, ‘Kitchen and Scullery’, in Tables and Chairs: a Practical Guide to Economical Furnishing (London: Routledge, 1876), pp. 131-42

50. Charles Francis Osborne, ‘The Kitchen’, in Notes on the Art of House-planning (New York: Comstock. 1888), pp. 82-9

51. Jane E. Panton, ‘The Kitchen’, in Homes of Taste: Economical Hints (London: S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. 1890), pp 134-42

52. Georgie Boynton Child, ‘The Fundamental Principle’, in The Efficient Kitchen; Definite Directions for the Planning, Arranging and Equipping of the Modern Labor-Saving Kitchen (New York, McBridge, Nast & Company, 1914). pp. 1-11

Part 12. Libraries/Studies

53. Robert Kerr, ‘The Library’, in The Gentleman’s House: Or, How to plan English residences, from the parsonage to the palace; with tables of accommodation and cost, and a series of selected plans (London: J. Murray, 1865), pp.116-19

54. Edwin W. Poley, ‘Odd Bits of Furnishing: The Study, or Gentleman’s Room’, The Decorator and Furnisher, 4, 4, 1884, p. 129

55. Arnold W. Brunner and Thomas Tyron, ‘The Library’, in Interior Decoration (New York: W.T. Comstock, 1887), pp. 24-31

56. William E. Gladstone, ‘Books and the Housing of Them’, Nineteenth Century, 28, March 1890, pp. 388-96

Part 13. Nurseries

57. Thomas M. D. Andrew, ‘Nursery’, in A Cyclopedia of Domestic Medicine and Surgery, etc. (Glasgow: Blackie & Son, 1842), pp. 402-6

58. Jane E. Panton, ‘Nurseries’, in Homes of Taste: Economical Hints, (London: S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. 1890), pp. 115-29

59. R. Davis Benn, "C. Aldin, and John Hassall. Art in the Nursery", Art Journal, 1900, pp. 247-52, 262-66

Part 14. Servant rooms

60. Robert Kerr, ‘Servant’s Private Rooms’, in The Gentleman’s House: Or, How to plan English residences, from the parsonage to the palace; with tables of accommodation and cost, and a series of selected plans (London: J. Murray. 1865), pp. 250-52

61. Ella Rodman Church, ‘Servant’s Quarters’, in How to Furnish a Home (New York: D. Appleton, 1881), pp.96-8

Part 15. Plants, Flowers and Interior gardens

62. Annie Hassard, ‘Pot Plants in Rooms’, in Floral Decorations for the Dwelling House: A Practical Guide to the Home Arrangement of Plants and Flowers (London: Macmillan and Co., 1875), pp.109-15

63. John R. Mollison, ‘The Floral Decoration Oof Rooms, Halls, and Passage’, in The New Practical Window Gardener: Being practical directions for the cultivation of flowering and foliage plants in windows and glazed cases, and the arrangement of plants and flowers for the embellishment of the household (London: Groombridge 1877), pp. 154-68

64. Gertrude Jekyll, ‘Room and Conservatory Decoration’, Flower Decoration in the House (London: Country Life, Ltd., 1907), pp. 47-55

Part 16. Conservatories

65. John Claudius Loudon, ‘Green-house, Orangery, or Conservatory’, The Suburban Gardener, and Villa Companion (London: Longman etc. 1838), pp. 108-14

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66. Henry T. Williams, Window Gardening: Devoted Specially to the Culture of Flowers and Ornamental Plants, for Indoor Use and Parlor Decoration (New York: H.T. Williams 1877). 13th edition. pp. 5-9

67. James William Facey, Elementary Decoration: A Guide to the Simpler Forms of Everyday Art as Applied to The Interior and Exterior Decoration of Dwelling-Houses, etc., 2nd ed. (London: Crosby Lockwood, 1889), pp. 105-16

Part 17. Accessories

68. Rosamund Marriott Watson, ‘Screens Cosy Corners etc.’, in The Art of the House (London: G. Bell and Sons. 1897), pp. 78-93

69. [Anon], ‘The Uses of Bric-a-brac’, Our Homes, December 1890 vol 1. Brockville Ontario, pp. 43-4

Bibliography

Index