Elsie De Wolfe’s well-cultivated
popularity and outsize persona coincided with a rise in interior design in the
early 1900s. She wrote The House
in Good Taste, and The New Yorker credited her with inventing the profession of
interior design.
The House in Good Taste
is full of timeless advice such as, ”I believe in plenty of optimism and white
paint, comfortable chairs with lights beside them, open fires on the hearth and
flowers wherever they ‘belong,’ mirrors and sunshine in all rooms.” The book is a thoughtful gift for anyone
who is curious about the history of interior decorating.
To purchase a copy of
The House in Good Taste, please visit bn.com.
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