Richard Goulburn Lovell — Home Interiors

London, Caxton Publishing Company, 1913-1915. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful example of the very scarce first edition of Lovell's authoritative guide to home decoration and design in the 1910s. Published in five parts, and illustrated with thirty colour plates. The very scarce first edition of early twentieth century interior designer Richard Goulburn Lovell's 'practical work on colour, decoration, and furnishing', described in the introduction as a work 'intended to extend to all those whose business or profession contributes in any way to the interior of the home&apos.The work, 'prepared expressly with the object of being an authoritative guide to decorators and upholsterers, drapers, designers and all those professions dealing with colour and colour-selection' is divided into five sections, with each section containing instructions for the decoration of three rooms, and with each room accompanied by a description, two watercolour plates, and either one or two plans.Section I, illustrated with three 'Composition of Colour' charts, six facsimile watercolour plates, six plans, and three volvelles.  Collated, complete.Section II, illustrated with six facsimile watercolour plates, and seven plans. With an extra plan - IVd - not called for also present. Collated, complete.Section III, illustrated with six facsimile watercolour plates, and five plans. Collated, complete.Section IV, illustrated with six facsimile watercolour plates, and five plans. Collated, complete.Section V, illustrated with six facsimile watercolour plates, and five plans. Collated, complete.With instructions for the decoration of drawing rooms, parlours, dining rooms and children and adult bedrooms given.Undated; dated 1913-1915 via Jisc.A wonderful and very scarce insight into model interior design of the 1910s. In the publisher's original cloth backed portfolio binding, with paper covered boards. Paper labels to head of front boards. Small split to cloth at tail of volume II front joint, with bumping to spine heads and tails. With four out of ten cloth ties totally or partially lacking. Internally, unbound as issues. Plates exceptionally bright. The odd instance of light spotting to title pages and text leaves. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Richard Goulburn Lovell. Very Good Indeed .