Name/Title
Modern Priscilla Home Furnishing Book: A Practical Book for the Woman Who Loves Her HomeEntry/Object ID
2015.7.353Description
Bound for Beauty #65
340 p., [20] leaves of plates incl. frontis (some col.) : 100 ill.
Mylar-covered dust jacket has price of $2.00.
Home decorating tips for the twenties. "The combined work of 30 experts, it is illustrated [...] It is a complete encyclopedia of how to furnish and decorate the home in a sane, saving, and satisfactory manner."Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsLexicon
Search Terms
Interior decoration, Home economics, 1920sBook Details
Author
Charles Alma Byers, Josephine Bruce, Helen E. CleavesEdition
FirstPublisher
Priscilla Publishing CompanyPlace Published
City
BostonState/Province
MassachusettsCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1925Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's BindingBinding Notes
Vintage floral cloth binding meant to replicate drapery or upholstery fabric in brown, rose, yellow, etc. Cream paper title labels to cover and spine. Plain white dust jacket printed in black and white gives no hint of the beauty beneath.Notes
Issued by the publishers of Modern Priscilla Magazine by Subscription.
Flyleaf notation: Maymie Palmer. 1926.Exhibition
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