Colonial interiors; photographs and measured drawings of the colonial and early federal periods
Colonial Interiors, a 1923 photographic survey compiled by Leigh French and published in New York by W. Helburn, documents colonial and early federal American domestic interiors for architects and builders. The plates are rotated sideways on the page, showing paneled rooms, doorways, staircases, windows and fireplaces in black-and-white photographs with captions naming each house and its location. A designer can take from them the restrained proportions, fielded panelling, moulded trim and simple hardware of early New England woodwork.
