Hope, Thomas.

Household Furniture and Interior Decoration Executed from Designs by Thomas Hope.

      London:, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807. First edition. Folio. Extra-engraved title page, 53pp, 60 copper engraved plates after Hope's drawings. Modern half deep brown goat over original boards, raised spine bands with gilt spine lettering and stamping, new endpapers laid-down. Foxing throughout is not objectionable. This is the first work documenting the Regency style; a monograph on Hope's Duchess Street mansion in London which was designed and decorated to provide examples of good taste as he found contemporary English furnishing ghastly. The finely engraved plates depict Egyptian and Greek Revival interiors and furnishings of all kinds, including mantlepieces, chandeliers, urns, tables, seating, mirrors, cabinets, as well as the highly detailed decorative motifs borne by each piece. Hope's book was the primary source of 19th century English neo-classicism. Literature: Abbey Life 24; Agius, Ackermann's Regency Furniture & Interiors p 193; Berlin Katalog 1236; Grand Rapids p63.