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Decorative & Applied Arts (including interior design)

Office space with bright blue and orange rectangular benches opposite black brick wall with image of lightbulbThis section covers designing interior spaces as a whole as well as the style and function of individual objects within the space.

 

Image at right of modern conference room courtesy of Frontsigns

Finding Books and articles in the Catalog

One of a pair of Mirrors; ornately carved with gilt.Try searching the catalog under these subject headings:

Interior decoration

<element> in interior decoration

  • Candles in interior decoration
  • Draperies in interior decoration
  • Quilts in interior decoration
  • Houseplants in interior decoration

Furniture

<space> furniture

  • Dining room furniture 
  • Living room furniture

<material> furniture

  • Glass furniture
  • Metal furniture
  • Wicker furniture

Tete-a-tete chairIndividual pieces of furniture, such as:

  • Cupboards
  • Mirrors
  • Seating (Furniture)
  • Tables


Interior decorators  

Image of mirror courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tete-a-tete chair courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Finding Books on the Shelf

A piece of original wallpaper from the Boulevard Theatre in the Annahof, designed by Otto Prutscher, 1910; exhibited for Heritage Day.Books will be found in the NK section.

History: NK600-1094

Arts and crafts movement: NK1135-1149.5

Interior decoration: NK1700-2195

Furniture: NK2200-2750

Upholstery, drapery: NK3175-3296

Wallpaper: NK3375-3498

 

Image: A piece of original wallpaper from the Boulevard Theatre in the Annahof, designed by Otto Prutscher, 1910; exhibited for Heritage Day. Found on Wikimedia Commons

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