Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF SOME OF THE FIRMS REFERRED TO IN THIS BOOK
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
- CHAPTER II BUILDING THE HOUSE
- CHAPTER III KITCHENS AND BASEMENT
- CHAPTER IV BATHS AND SINKS
- CHAPTER V HALLS AND STAIRCASES
- CHAPTER VI DINING ROOMS
- CHAPTER VII MORNING ROOMS
- CHAPTER VIII DRAWING ROOMS
- CHAPTER IX LIBRARIES
- CHAPTER X BILLIARD ROOMS
- CHAPTER XI DAY AND NIGHT NURSERIES
- CHAPTER XII CHILDREN'S BEDROOMS
- CHAPTER XIII THE MOTHER'S ROOMS
- CHAPTER XIV GOVERNESS'S ROOMS AND SCHOOLROOM
- CHAPTER XV SPARE ROOMS
- CHAPTER XVI DRESSING ROOMS
- CHAPTER XVII GIRLS' BEDROOMS
- CHAPTER XVIII BACHELORS' ROOMS
- CHAPTER XIX THE MAIDS' QUARTERS
- CHAPTER XX THE COPING-STONE IS LAID, THE DREAM-HOUSE VANISHES
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
CHAPTER II - BUILDING THE HOUSE
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF SOME OF THE FIRMS REFERRED TO IN THIS BOOK
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
- CHAPTER II BUILDING THE HOUSE
- CHAPTER III KITCHENS AND BASEMENT
- CHAPTER IV BATHS AND SINKS
- CHAPTER V HALLS AND STAIRCASES
- CHAPTER VI DINING ROOMS
- CHAPTER VII MORNING ROOMS
- CHAPTER VIII DRAWING ROOMS
- CHAPTER IX LIBRARIES
- CHAPTER X BILLIARD ROOMS
- CHAPTER XI DAY AND NIGHT NURSERIES
- CHAPTER XII CHILDREN'S BEDROOMS
- CHAPTER XIII THE MOTHER'S ROOMS
- CHAPTER XIV GOVERNESS'S ROOMS AND SCHOOLROOM
- CHAPTER XV SPARE ROOMS
- CHAPTER XVI DRESSING ROOMS
- CHAPTER XVII GIRLS' BEDROOMS
- CHAPTER XVIII BACHELORS' ROOMS
- CHAPTER XIX THE MAIDS' QUARTERS
- CHAPTER XX THE COPING-STONE IS LAID, THE DREAM-HOUSE VANISHES
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
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- A Gentlewoman's HomeThe Whole Art of Building, Furnishing, and Beautifying the Home, pp. 9 - 44Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012First published in: 1896