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The Laws of Harmonious Colouring, adapted to Interior Decorations, Manufactures, and other Useful Purposes

1836
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Laws of Harmonious Colouring, adapted to Interior Decorations, Manufactures, and other Useful Purposes
  • Author: David Ramsay Hay (British, Edinburgh Scotland 1798–1866 Edinburgh)
  • Publisher: William and Robert Chambers (Edinburgh)
  • Publisher: Orr and Smith (British, active London 1836)
  • Printer: Edinburgh Printing Company (Edinburgh)
  • Published in: London; Edinburgh
  • Date: 1836
  • Medium: Illustrations: engraving with applied color triangles
  • Dimensions: 9 1/16 x 5 9/16 x 3/8 in. (23 x 14.1 x 1 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1970
  • Object Number: 1970.565.147
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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