The Romance of British Colonial Style
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.65 (692 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0517584255 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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"I wasted my money on this" according to Alyssa. Ok, so I read the other reviews, and since I'm in love with the style, I bought the book thinking it was going to be beautiful. At worst, I thought, I'll get one or two ideas from it. I got the book, and I couldn't believe my eyes. All the photographs look like they were taken with a 1 megapixal camera, then blown up to page size. I had read in a review that this is a "picture book." Well, there are a lot of photos, but they look like a pointalist's painting -- you can seriously see every dot of color throughout the entire pho. Great inspiration for British Colonial decor Lovely book with great information and photos. It helped me get a clearer picture of how to blend my favorite things into a British Colonial decorating theme.. susan said A Gorgeous, romantic style of East meets West. This is the definitive book on british colonial style. It shows the relaxed, romantic, and exotic sense of blending eastern and western styles, cultures, and manners. If you love England at the turn-of-the-century combined with exotic Asia and Africa, you will love this book. The photos are beautiful, with lovely captions and explanations for the style. Even if you don't decorate with this style, you will love it for the photos and armchair travel. Gentlemen's clubs, polo games, verandas, picnics, .I love this book!
But as a visual aid to an escapist ideal, it is sumptuous and sufficient. From Publishers Weekly Romance may be mostly what's left of the colonial era, but what romance can assert, harsher facts may dispute. . Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. Sepia tones cool the volume and its interior vistas, redolent of comfort sought when the sun shone too fiercely. We get glamorous glimpses, for example, of Karen Blixen's old washbasin, her Danish bed and her Kenyan verandah; looks at smoky railways used by
The author of Having Tea and Linens and Lace turns to the enduring design traditions that accompanied British colonists around the world in the 19th century. The Romance of British Colonial Style includes ideas for updating British colonial style to suit today's way of living, as well as a glossary, a bibliography, a filmography, and a source and travel directory. Full-color photographs.