Product Description: Book by Marlene Ann Birkman

Product Description: Born and raised in New York City, Lockwood de Forest (1850–1932) has long been recognized as an early business partner of Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933). He began his career as a painter trained by Frederic E. Church with connections to the Tenth Street Studio, the National Academy of Design, and Society of Decorative Art in New York, and emerged as an artistic decorator with a specialty in richly appointed interiors that boasted heavily carved East Indian architectural elements and furniture...read more

Product Description: One of the most influential American interior designers of the twentieth century, Naomi Leff is best known as the creator of the flagship Ralph Lauren store in Manhattan. There she established the brand image, combining a distinctive architectural form with feminine grace, patrician elegance, and luxurious comfort...read more

Photo spreads of eye-catching interiors reveal how to add comfort, drama, and style to every room of the house in an introduction to home decoration. Homestyle Main.

Product Description: The modern interior design movement was well underway when artists Erwine and Edwina Laverne started their modest printed textiles and wallpaper business in New York City. By 1944 they had invented Marbelia wallcoverings and went on to develop the award-winning textile designs and the iconic 1960s clear plastic Lily and Lotus chair designs that made them famous...read more

Marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of one of the world's most popular design teams, a colorful look at twenty-four of the duo's most spectacular homes utilizes more than 250 full-color photographs to capture the trademark elements and components of their design philosophy.

A companion volume to Bungalow Details: Exterior looks at the unique interior details that exemplify an authentic bungalow-style home, including such features as wood detailing, art glass, inlaid floors, beamed ceilings, unique tile work, and impressive fireplaces, in a guide designed to be an informative resource for restoring or re-creating period details of an Arts & Crafts-era home.

Using a cultural materialist approach, the sixth edition of Cultural Anthropology furnishes readers with a framework for explaining how the parts of sociocultural systems are interrelated and how they change over time. Described as accessible, engaging well illustrated and comprehensive, this book covers a wide range of Western and nonwestern cultures for analysis and comparison. "Marvin Harris can continue to bring new insights to the field of anthropology and provide ways to inspire readers new to this discipline," writes a long-time user. For anyone interested in learning about cultural anthropology.

A leading designer celebrates the artistic principles of French Country design in a richly illustrated overview of a variety of outstanding rooms and outdoor spaces, explaining how to transform one's bedroom into a soothing sanctuary, employ books to create an inviting warmth in a room, use the walls to display favorite collections, and create a sense of balance and order.

An idea-filled resource from one of America's top young interior designers covers the most common decorating decisions everyone faces: working with color, selecting the right paint, choosing window treatments and floor coverings, creating a luxurious bed, and building a furniture collection over time.

Product Description: Interior decorator Keith Irvine steamed into New York Harbor in 1957 and immediately embarked on designing the unique, inspired interiors that have ensured him a place at the pinnacle of his field. His designs are characterized by feeling—wit, grandeur, comfort, drama—as well as by exquisite use of color, pattern, lighting, furniture, and accessories...read more

The author of The Gallery of Regrettable Food offers a hilarious look at the horrific atrocities of 1970s interior design, furnishing a revealing glimpse of the worst bedrooms, dens, rec rooms, and other interior spaces, as well as such regrettable stylistic innovations as plaid wallpaper and matching patterns on every item in a room, all taken from style magazines of the era. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.