Town and country house painting : containing hints on painting and other useful information.
A trade catalogue of house painting from 1884, published by Harrison Brothers and Co. of Philadelphia, for builders and house owners choosing paint schemes. Its plates show full-colour Victorian houses rendered in plain elevation with the paint colours laid out on the walls, roofs and trim. A designer could take from them the period palette of deep reds, greens, cream and brown, and the way ornate gables, bays and porches are picked out in contrasting trim.
