Classical Principles for Modern Design
Thomas Jayne
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Classical Principles for Modern Design

Lessons from Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman's the Decoration of Houses

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Interior designer and decorative arts historian Thomas Jayne takes on the redoubtable Edith Wharton and her co-author Ogden Codman, whose 1897 book The Decoration of Houses is acknowledged as the Bible of American interior design. Wharton and Codman advocated for classical simplicity and balance, replacing the excesses of the Gilded Age. In Jayne's view, "The Decoration of Houses is the level-headed, indispensable book on the subject. It is not an overstatement to say that it is the most important decorating book ever written." How much of Wharton and Codman's advice and how many of their prin...