Design and furnishing of the inside of buildings

Jesus sits in the spacious house of Martha and Mary. Etching by J-G. Caquet after Meunier after H. van Steenwyk the younger.

The first floor front room at No. 19 Greville Street, Holborn: looking towards the fireplace. Pencil drawing by J. P. Emslie, c.1882.

A young woman washing her hands in water poured from a jug by a maid; behind are a bed and a table. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after G. Ter Borch (Terborch).

94 pages : illustrations (colour), portraits (colour) ; 30 cm.

Designing interiors for people with dementia / Liz Fuggle.

1 folded sheet (4 pages) : illustrations (some colour)

Hall's patent sanitary washable distemper : in 70 different colours which can be varied by combination / Sissons Brothers & Co. Ltd.

xxx, 1,056 pages : plates (some folded), illustrations ; 20 cm

Beeton's housewife's treasury of domestic information : comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic decoration ... and all other household matters. With every requisite direction to secure the comfort, elegance, and prosperity of the home. A companion volume to "Mrs. Beeton's book of household management".

Some designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent

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Designing interiors for people with dementia / Liz Fuggle.

Hall's patent sanitary washable distemper : in 70 different colours which can be varied by combination / Sissons Brothers & Co. Ltd.

Some designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent

Let's fix up the house