Historic American Interior Design

Styles of Interior Design

Greek Revival

• Design for a Grecian Drawingroom, from J. C. Loudon, An Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture, London, 1833
• Design for a Grecian Dining-room, from J. C. Loudon, An Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture, London, 1833
• A General Description of Greek Revival Interiors, by Howard Major, 1926

Early Gothic Revival (1830's-1860's)

• Design for a Gothic Drawingroom, from J. C. Loudon, An Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture, London, 1833
• Design for a Gothic Library, from J. C. Loudon, An Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture, London, 1833

"High" Victorian

• Interior of A. T. Stewart Residence, New York City, New York (now demolished)

Victorian Eclectic

• Interior of Marquand Residence, New York City, New York (now demolished)

Late Victorian

• Interiors from Lillie Hamilton French, Homes and Their Decoration, Dodd, Mead, and Company, New York, 1903
• A Late Victorian California Interior with Mexican influences (Phoebe Hearst's Home, Hacienda del Pozo de Verona, Pleasanton, California)

American Tudor

• Interior of Mrs. Charles M. Coffin's Home, Montclair, New Jersey

Colonial Revival

• The Colonial Revival Home: A Short Overview, by Sarah E. Mitchell
• Painting the Colonial [and Colonial Revival] House (1918)

Arts and Crafts

• Interior Design for the Arts and Crafts Movement
• Furniture produced for the Arts and Crafts Movement

Interiors of Specific Homes

• Interior of 1792 Moses Myers House, Norfolk, VA, as photographed circa 1920

Room Design by Use

Dining Rooms

• Articles:
• The Punka: Cooling the South's Dining Rooms Before the Ceiling Fan, by Sarah E. Mitchell

Kitchens

• Photographs and Illustrations:
• Kitchen in Pratt's Castle, Richmond Virginia (photographed circa 1900-1905; late Victorian in design) from the Cook Collection, Valentine Museum/Richmond History Center

Parlors and Drawing-Rooms

• Articles:
• Suggestions for Decorating a Parlor in a Modest Home, by Calvert Vaux, 1857
• How Many Decorate Their Parlors (or How Not to Do So), by Calvert Vaux, 1857

Bathrooms

• Photographs and Illustrations:
• Bathrooms Designs, circa 1904

Interior Designers

McKim, Mead, and White

• Examples:
• The White House, Washington, D.C. as redesigned prior to 1903
• The Whitney House, New York City, New York
• Harbor Hill, The Mackay House, Roslyn, New York

Tiffany Studios

• A Short Biographical Sketch of Louis C. Tiffany by Chandler R. Clifford, 1901
• Examples:
• The Mark Twain House, Hartford, Connecticut
• Three Interior Photographs of the Tiffany Family Residence

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