Name/Title
"CENTER OF YOUR WORLD"Entry/Object ID
2000.48.1.1Description
Color: Black; Brown; Red
"The Center of Your World," a house-plan catalog printed by Rogers & Company and issued by the Curtis Service Bureau, ca. 1920s. The front cover has a thick and a thin black vertical line toward the spine and a gold border with a serpentine design in it and two black boxes with four-petaled flowers above center within the border. The title, with the first letter of each word in red and the rest of the letters in black ink, is at the center with a round four-petaled floral design below the title. On the back is the name "CURTIS" and the year "1866" above it, both within the same border as the front. The work provides examples of architect-designed house plans offered by the bureau and includes an essay about houses, with extensive quoting from an architect from the firm of Trowbridge & Ackerman, which designed the home plans in the pamphlet. The offerings are divided into four types (as opposed to styles), these being the Colonial, English, Southern and Western. Further essays explain the characteristics of each and there is an abundance of drawings of exterior views, as well as interior elements, such as stairs; doors; built-in furnishings; wainscoting and exterior elements, such as doors, windows and dormers. At the back is a statement of quality and a listing of manufacturing and distributing plants and sales offices for the bureau. The cover edges have much wear and tear and there is a crease from a vertical fold in the entire document, which is in fair condition.Lexicon
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Three-dimensional, Catalogs, Curtis Service Bureau, Rogers & Company, Trowbridge & Ackerman, Architects, Architect-designed houses, Architecture, Domestic, Housing, Single family