Exterior Decoration: A Treatise on the Artistic Use of Colors in the Ornamentation of Buildings

Book

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Exterior Decoration: A Treatise on the Artistic Use of Colors in the Ornamentation of Buildings

Entry/Object ID

2005.003.0235

Secondary Title

Exterior Decoration: Victorian Colors for Victorian Houses

Description

Reprint of 1885 publication providing instruction for coloration of Victorian homes. Includes reprints of full-page Victorian advertisements and plates, including Harrison Bros. color card of 1871 and advertisement pages for F.W. Devoe & Company, manufacturers of fine varnishes. Makes available rare primary documents on 19th century architecture and decoration for which curators, collectors, architects, and preservationists have a practical need, and provides color documentation and paint sources. 95 p., co. ill., col. samples, 30 x 39 cm.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2005.003.

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2005)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Color in architecture

Search Terms

Technology, Paints, pigments, varnishes, etc., Decoration and ornament--Victorian style, House painting--United States, Architecture, Victorian--United States, Trade catalogs--Paint

Book Details

Author

Dornsife, Samuel J.

Edition

1st ed.

Series

Anthenaeum Library of Nineteenth Century America

Publisher

Anthenaeum of Philadelphia

Place Published

Location

Philadelphia, PA

Date Published

1976

Call No.

TP937 .E9 1976

ISBN

0-916530-00-0

LCCN

75-22528

Location

Location

Building

NRH Research Room

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

NR Docent Library

Category

Permanent

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Notes

Evidence of water damage at top of pages.

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

1428, 1449, 2006.002.0179, 2006.002.0208, 2006.002.0209, 2006.002.0271, 2008.002.0202, 2009.001.2, 2009.002.033, 2011.002.064

General Notes

Note

Notes: Full Title: Exterior Decoration: A Treatise on the Artistic Use of Colors in the Ornamentation of Buildings and a Series of Designs, Illustrating the Effects of Different Combinations of Colors in Connection with Various Styles of Architecture. With a new introduction by Samuel J. Dornsife; foreword by Roger W. Moss, Jr. First edition, copy number 15 (of 5,000, of which the first 2,000 copies are numbered). Certificate of gift affixed to title page, verso; a gift to Mrs. S. Henry Edmunds from Devoe & Raynolds Co., Inc. Includes bibliogprapical references. Status: Shelf X: 9 Y: 3A1035C

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Create Date

October 14, 2005

Updated By

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Update Date

August 2, 2019