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