Name/Title
HOW TO BE YOUR OWN DECORATOREntry/Object ID
97.37.1.1Description
"How to be Your Own Decorator" by Helen Koues (New York: Good Housekeeping, 1926), 224 pp. A hardcover book, without dustjacket, with a green cover. The title, author, and publisher are in dark ink on the front cover and the title and author are in dark ink on the spine. Contents include chapters on decoration principles and working with living rooms of various styles, dining rooms, bedrooms, nurseries, draperies, slip covers, and furniture paints and finishes. There are twenty illustrations consisting of photographs, drawings, and floor plans. The book is in fair condition with cover surface staining and wear, especially at the corners and spine edges, slight binding separation at the front and discoloration of pages, notably at the end page, which appeared to have a laid-in news clipping in it. On the facing page in dark ink is, "Margaret Anderson/301 La Salle St./Streator,/Illinois."Lexicon
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Interior decoration, DraperySearch Terms
Documentary Artifact, Books, Good Housekeeping [Publisher], Decoration and ornament, Furniture painting