Mr. Vanderbilt's house and collection : volume 4 / described by Edward Strahan
Mr. Vanderbilt's House and Collection, volume 4, described by Edward Strahan, was published in Boston by G. Barrie in 1883, with the text and illustrations drawn from William H. Vanderbilt's art holdings in New York. The plates are photogravure reproductions of paintings, mostly genre scenes, and show costumed figures in interiors and courtyards, with rich textiles, carpets and tapestries. A designer could take from them the tonal range of dark brown printing, the period costume of ruffs, plumed hats and bodices, and the dense decorative clutter of late nineteenth-century rooms.
