The English Archive of Design and Decoration

First edition, first impression.  256pp, profusely illustrated and decorated throughout, richly in colour as well as black and white.  Decorated endpapers.  Pictorial boards with gilt lettering on the spine.  Large 4to.  Volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout.  In its original, glossy dust wrapper, not price clipped, a little bumped on extreme edges. and slightly shelf worn. A lavish celebration  of the artists, designs and craftsmen who made an astonishing and original contribution of English domestic culture, craftsmanship and manufacturing during the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, with detailed information on dozens of individual craftsmen and artists. 250 years of patterns, samples, and original sketches of furniture, textiles, wallpapers, glass, ceramics etc, with designs by Kent, Chippendale, Hepplewhite, Adam, Sheraton, Pugin, Morris, Dresser, Voysey, Liberty, Gimson and many more.