Thousands of books on interior design have come and gone since the 1897 publication of this pioneering manual, butThe Decoration of Houses remains, thanks to the insightful and inspiring advice of its
The Decoration of Houses, first published in 1897, is a manual of interior design written by Edith Wharton, the famous Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, and Ogden Codman, Jr., the architect of such fam
Edith Wharton's The Decoration of Houses is one of the classic works on interior design, and a testament to the enduring style of one of America's greatest writers. Written in collaboration with cele
In addition to her fame as a novelist, Edith Wharton has now been recognized as an arbiter of taste and correct usage in the making of domestic interior rooms, and Odgen Codman, Jr., has achieved rec
