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Author | Title | Published | Notes |
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Gilbert, Christopher, James Lomax, and Anthony Wells-Cole | Country House Floors, 1660-1850 | 1987 | |
Karlson, Norman | American Art Tile, 1876-1941 | 1998 | Includes an extensive bibliography arranged by tile manufacturer. |
Landreau, Anthony N. | America Underfoot: A History of Floor Coverings from Colonial Times to the Present | 1976 | |
Little, Nina Fletcher | Floor Coverings in New England before 1850 | 1972 | |
Roth, Rodris | Floor Coverings in 18th-Century America | 1967 | |
Sherrill, Sarah B. | Carpets and Rugs of Europe and America | 1996 | |
Skinner, D.S., and Hans van Lemmen | Minton Tiles, 1835-1935 | 1984 | |
Winkler, Gail Caskey, and Helene Von Rosenstiel | Floor Coverings for Historic Buildings | 1988 | |
Winkler, Gail Caskey, and Roger W. Moss | Victorian Interior Decoration: American Interiors, 1830-1900 | 1986 | Also paperback. Discusses all aspects of the interior decoration, arranged by period and topic. |
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Author | Title | Published | Notes |
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Adler, Hazel H. | The New Interior: Modern Decorations for the Modern Home | 1916 | Early 20th–century guidebook. |
Anderson, Susan H. | The Most Splendid Carpet | 1978 | Discusses the recreation of the late 18th–century Axminster carpet for Congress Hall, Philadelphia. |
Barnard, Julian | Victorian Ceramic Tiles | 1979 | |
Beecher, Catharine, and Harriet Beecher Stowe | The American Woman's Home | 1869 | Reprint, Hartford, CT: Stowe-Day Foundation, 1975. |
Beitter, Ethyl Jane | Hooked and Knotted Rugs | 1973 | |
Bennett, Ian (ed) | Complete Illustrated Rugs and Carpets of the World | 1977 | |
Black, David (ed) | The Macmillan Atlas of Rugs and Carpets | 1985 | |
Bradbury, Fred | Carpet Manufacture | 1904 | |
Brinton, R.S. | Carpets | 1919 | |
Burke, Doreen B., et al. | In Pursuit of Beauty, Americans in the Aesthetic Movement | 1986 | Contains an article by Catherine Lynn, “Surface Ornament: Wallpapers, Carpets, Textiles, and Embroidery.” |
Church, Ella Rodman | How to Furnish a Home | 1882 | Period guide. |
Cole, Arthur H., and Harold Williamson | The American Carpet Manufacture: A History and Analysis | 1941 | |
Cook, Alexander N., ed. | A Century of Carpet and Rug Making in America, 1825-1925 | 1925 | |
Cook, Clarence | The House Beautiful | 1881 | Period guide. |
Crane, Ross | Interior Decoration; a comprehensive study course for furniture men | 1928 | Period guide. |
Dedera, Don | Navajo Rugs; How to Find, Evaluate, Buy and Care for Them | 1975 | |
Dillaway, Theodore M. | Decoration of the School and Home | 1914 | Period guide. |
Downing, Andrew Jackson | The Architecture of Country Houses | 1969 | Period guide. |
Dwyer, Charles P. | The Economic Cottage Builder | 1856 | Period guide. |
Eastlake, Charles Locke | Hints on Household Taste in Furniture, Upholstery, & Other Details | 1868 | Period guide. |
Ewing, John S., and Nancy P. Norton | Broadlooms and Businessmen: A History of the Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company | 1955 | |
Faraday, Cornelia B. | European and American Carpets and Rugs | 1929 | Reprinted, Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK, 1990 |
Hall, Philip A. | The Rug and Carpet Industry of Philadelphia | 1917 | |
Haslam, Malcolm | Arts & Crafts Carpets | 1991 | |
Hawley, Walter A. | Oriental Rugs, Antique and Modern | 1913 | Reprint, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1970. |
Hemming, Charles | Paint Finishes | 1985 | |
Hubel, Reinhard G. | The Book of Carpets | 1970 | |
I.C.S. Reference Library | Carpet, Wallpaper, Linoleum and Architectural Design | 1905 | Period guide. |
Jacobs, Bertram | Axminster Carpets, 1755-1957 | 1966 | |
Jacobsen, Charles W. | Oriental Rugs, A Complete Guide | 1962 | |
Jaray, Madeleine | The Carpets of the Manufacture de la Savonnerie | 1966 | |
Kent, William Winthrop | The Hooked Rug | 1930 | |
Kopp, Joel and Kate | American Hooked and Sewn Rugs: Folk Art Underfoot | 1975 | |
Lanier, Mildred B. | English and Oriental Carpets at Williamsburg | 1975 | |
Lemmen, Hans van | Tiles: 1,000 Years of Architectural Decoration | 1993 | |
Leslie, Miss [Eliza] | The Lady's House Book. 19th ed. | 1854 | Popular period guide. |
Lockett, Terence A. | Collecting Victorian Tiles | 1979 | Reprinted 1982. |
Loudon, John Claudius | An Encyclopedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture | 1833 ff. | 1833 and subsequent editions. Important period guidebook for all aspects of the house. |
Mayorcas, M. J. | English Needlework Carpets: Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries | 1963 | |
O'Brien, Mildred Jackson | The Rug and Carpet Book | 1946 | |
O'Neil, Isabel | The Art of the Painted Finish for Furniture and Decoration | 1971 | Paperback, 1980. |
Quinn, Richard L. | Carpets and Rugs | 1976 | |
Schlosser, Ignace | The Book of Rugs, Oriental and European | 1963 | |
Scobey, Joan | Rugs and Wall Hangings | 1974 | |
Tattersall, C.E.C. | A History of British Carpets, Revised by Stanley Reed | 1966 | |
Von Rosenstiel, Helene | American Rugs and Carpets from the Seventeenth Century to Modern Times | 1978 | |
Webster, Thomas, and Mrs. W. Parkes | An Encyclopedia of Domestic Economy | 1844 ff. | 1844 and subsequent editions. Another period guide to all aspects of the domestic interior which was widely used in both the United Kingdom and North America. |
Weeks, Jeanne G., and Donald Treganowan | Rugs and Carpets of Europe and the Western World | 1969 | |
Wheeler, Gervase | Rural Homes; or Sketches of Houses Suited to American Country Life | 1851 | Period guide for the mid–century house, similar to Downing mentioned above. |