Period Style: The Complete Guide to Restoring Period Homes

by Mary Gilliatt and Elizabeth Wilhide

A guide which illustrates how to restore or redecorate a home to create period interiors. It provides information on the correct architectural details from each period, such as mouldings, medallions, architraves, windows, doors, picture rails and fireplaces.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316313947
• ISBN13: 9780316313940
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.9" x 11.4"

Customer Reviews

Period Style

An invaluable aid to those whose desire is to authentically decorate, this book covers the periods spanning from Medieval through Moderism and Art Deco. The author, Mary Gilliatt is a distinguished international interior designer and the author of more than twenty-five books on decoration and design. This book contains a helpful glossary of period decorating terms, the color palettes of each time period, and an abundance of color photographs. Having recently moved into a new home, this book has been a tremendous help to me in choosing authentic looking window treatments and furnishings of a prior period in history.