A Pleasant Chaos
Victorian Interior Design:
Parlors & Sitting Rooms 1870–1890
by Sarah E. Mitchell

Authored by Sarah E. Mitchell of VintageDesigns.com. Published 2013. 20 illustrations, 114 research notes, 37 pages. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Soft cover, saddle-stitched. ISBN-10: 1-929384-19-X. ISBN-13: 978-1-929384-19-8.

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About the Book

A Pleasant Chaos contains information about the decoration of parlors, living rooms, and sitting rooms in the United States during the Victorian era. Also discussed are European and Asian influences on American interior design. The book includes descriptions of parlors and their furnishings from across the country, advertisements for furniture, and advice from writers on interior design. Sources include newspapers, magazines, architectural plan books, and Victorian books about interior design.

See also our:

• Grace in Skirt and Sleeve: Victorian Ladies' Clothing 1894–1901
• Southern Ladies' Civil War and Antebellum Fashions 1855–1865
• Northern Ladies' Civil War Fashions 1861–1865
• Ladies' Clothing in the 1830's
• Men's Clothing 1760–1785
• Women's Clothing in the Revolutionary War Era 1765–1783
• Victorian Parlors and Tea Parties
• Suited to a Tea
• Victorian Christmas Celebration Cookbook
• Delicacies in Proportion: An Anecdotal History of White House Entertaining 1850–1901
• Victorian Travel and Pleasures of the Table
• Dining Cars and Depots: Train Food in America

Copyright © 2013 Patricia B. Mitchell.