Modern Priscilla Home Furnishing Book: A Practical Book for the Woman Who Loves Her Home
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.353
Description
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' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
Interior decoration, Home economics, 1920s
Dimensions
Height
7-1/2 in
Book Details
Author
Charles Alma Byers, Josephine Bruce, Helen E. Cleaves
Edition
First
Publisher
Priscilla Publishing Company
Place Published
City
Boston
State/Province
Massachusetts
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
1925
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding
Binding 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
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection
