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Alexander Girard
Todd Oldham et al.
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Anatomy for Interior Designers
Francis de N. Schroeder
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Apartments for the Affluent
Alpern Andrew
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Authentic Décor: The Domestic Interior 1620–1920
Peter Thornton
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Axel Vervoordt
Meredith Etherington-Smith
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Axel Vervoordt: Timeless Interiors
Armelle Baron
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Behind the Picture Window
Bernard Rudofsky
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The Big Book of Chic
Miles Redd
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Billy Baldwin Decorates
Billy Baldwin
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Billy Baldwin Remembers
Billy Baldwin
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Bloomingdale’s Book of Home Decorating
Barbara D’Arcy
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By Design
Ralph Caplan
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Classic Style
Judith Miller
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David Adler: The Architect and His Work
Richard Pratt
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David Hicks on Decoration—with Fabrics
David Hicks
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David Hicks: A Life of Design
Ashley Hicks
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The Decoration of Houses
Edith Wharton et al.
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Designing the Modern Interior: From the Victorians to Today
Penny Sparke et al.
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Donald Judd Furniture: Retrospective
Museum Boymans-van Beuningen
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Dunbar: Fine Furniture of the 1950s
Leslie Piña
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Eileen Gray
Peter Adam
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Elsie de Wolfe: The Birth of Modern Interior Decoration
Penny Sparke
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The English House
Hermann Muthesius
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Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes
Fernand David et al.
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The Finest Rooms
Katherine Tweed
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The Finest Rooms in America
Thomas Jayne
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The Finest Rooms in France
French House & Garden
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Form & Decoration: Innovation in the Decorative Arts, 1470–1870
Peter Thornton
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Furniture from British India and Ceylon
Amin Jaffer
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The Furniture of Gerrit Thomas Rietveld
Daniele Baroni
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Great Houses of England and Wales
Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd et al.
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Hans J. Wegner
Jens Bernsen
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The House in My Head
Dorothy Rodgers
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The House of Life
Mario Praz
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An Illustrated History of Interior Decoration: From Pompeii to Art Nouveau
Mario Praz
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In House
Derry Moore et al.
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Italian Splendor
Jack Basehart
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Italy: The New Domestic Landscape
Emilio Ambasz, ed.
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Jansen
James Archer Abbott
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Jansen: Decoration
Jean Leveque
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