England Home and Beauty - ACE052.3

Exterior features: "There could be a tax on superfluous architectural decoration. Half timbering, where it performed no structural purpose, sixpence per creosoted plank… houses [so] taxed … would yield a yearly income of £1,836,723,000 in Metroland alone." Ornamental stained glass front doors. Domestic ceramics. Fabric designs, including some by John Tandy, Ashley [Havinden], and Ben Nicholson. Heal’s catalogues. Photographs of some of their furniture. Dining room suite. Radios: "Frank Murphy … approached Gordon Russell, and the results have proved highly satisfactory in every respect. The designs are a quiet, dignified style…" Pages from catalogues. Ceramics: "[Wedgwood’s] most successful alliance is with the well-known architect and designer Keith Murray…" Wallpaper: "Cole’s … designs by Edward Bawden and John Aldridge…" Cadbury’s "ideal" chocolate boxes by Philip Connard (Whitehall), George Sheringham (Harlequin), Ernest Proctor (Dolphin), Dod Proctor (Posy), Mark Gertler (Still Life), Edmund Dulac, Arthur Rackham, Laura Knight, and Arthur Watts. Two cameras. Carpets. Electric fires. Photographs of radios. Clock. Vase; tea and coffee sets. Other ceramics. "There is naturally a certain amount of distaste for modern things. Every new idea has to fight a battle for acceptance. The increasing complexity of life leads us to demand simplicity in our surroundings…" Dining rooms and dining-living areas. Picture of chairs, etc.