Practical house decoration : a guide to the art of ornamental painting, the arrangement of colours in apartments and the principles of decorative design : with some remarks upon the nature and properties of pigments
A practical 1886 London guide to house decoration by James William Facey, published by Crosby Lockwood, covering ornamental painting, colour arrangement in rooms and the principles of decorative design. The four pictures are engraved ornament panels: a vertical arabesque with scrolling acanthus, a frieze of putti flanking an oval medallion, a horizontal lattice band with interlaced pointed forms, and a tall panel with a central roundel and foliage, offering a designer historical models for borders, friezes and wall panels.
