(i) Various (unmarked unless noted)
Contents:
24. Australian Birds & Blossoms. A Sun Book, [n.d.] (c.1940?).
25. Calloway, Stephen. Art Deco Interior and Panel Designs. London: Bracken Books, 1988
- large-format repr.sel.plates from book 1st publ.in Leipzig 1928; several pages tagged, and the book is obviously well-thumbed; but no markings or clippings.
26. *The Colour Book. London: Mitchell Beazley, 1997. Flip pages for combining different wall/floor/ceiling colours (see also Gilliatt, below) - Tagged at pp.6/7 (introductory text, showing purple/green interior)
27. CSR Fibron pamphlet (1990?)
Unclear whether of interest to HA for the material or the images
28. Encyclopedia of Australian Gardening, Rushcutters Bay (NSW): Bay Books, 1978.
[Part 2]
29. *Fisher, Karen. Living for Today: Low budget high style ideas in interior design. London: Thames & Hudson, 1972
[ex.Oakleigh library copy (withdrawn)]; late 60s/70s interiors (Pop imagery, psychedelic colours etc.)
-pp.19/20 missing
-pp.21/22 and 57/58 clipped
30. Foliage House Plants. Amsterdam: Time-Life Books, 1972.
Photos of cacti, ferns etc.
31. *Freedom Furniture Winter 1992 catalogue
- pp.61-64 clipped (desks, beds etc.)
32. Fun with Celtic Stencils. Dover, 1995. Small-format book with 6 stencils; purchased in Dublin (June 1999?); unmarked
33. *Gilliatt, Mary. Mary Gilliatt’s Mix & Match Decorating Book. London: Michael Joseph, 1984.
Most of the book comprises 4 separate flip sections to facilitate multiple combinations of colour schemes, wall-coverings, fabrics & floorings. General evidence of extensive use (e.g. masking tape and paint marks on cover); several individual pages clipped and tagged (see list below).
-p.9/10 clipped
-p.54 (top level) tagged, with added note by Arkley under line-drawing of kitchen: “try circular table see p 46”
-p.56 (top level) tagged, with Arkley note beside line-drawing of hall-way: “could included (sic) table chair mirror painting etc”
-p.114 (top level): tagged: line-drawing of dining setting modified with pencil lines
-p.115 (2nd level): tagged: ceramic tile design outlined in black fibre-tipped pen
-p.134 (top level): line-drawing of bedroom modified with pencil line
-p.142 (top level): line-drawign of bathroom modified with pencil lines
-p.154 (top level); hallway design in colour tagged
-p.255 (2nd level): tagged and wallpaper design emphasized with black fibre-tipped pen
-pp.273/74 and 275/76 clipped
34. *Golden Homes, Artarmon, NSW: Grolier Society, 1973.
Vol.1; 112 pp.; mostly unmarked
- p.43/44 clipped
35. Gray, Linda. Room for Change: Innovative and Exciting Ideas for Transforming your Home. London: Thames Macdonald, 1988.
Hardcover book: Designs, “how to” tips etc.
36. *Halpern, Frieda. Full-Color Russian Folk Needlepoint Designs. New York: Dover, 1976.
Paperback; this book has been extensively cut and clipped, with several pages removed completely; close comparison with an intact copy is needed (see e.g.copy held by RMIT Brunswick)
- pp.1-2 clipped
- pp.2/3 marked
- pp.11/12 and 13/14 clipped
- several pages removed after p.16
- pp.23/24, 25/26, 29/30 and 31 all clipped
37. *Harland, W.& S. Growing Cacti & Succulents in Australia and New Zealand. Kenthurst, N.S.W.: Kangaroo Press, 1981.
Paperback; cover annotated by Arkley: “source”; clearly a key reference for both the imagery and titles of many of his cacti/succulent works; also a few inserted cactus images from other sources
- p.33/34 clipped (with loose image also from this book?)
- pp.38/39: loose pages from Your Garden Dec.1962 inserted (cacti)
- p.59/60: image clipped
- p.72: NB annotations by Arkley, with variations on name “Argyrodermas”: “Argodrama”, “Agrodrama” (twice).
38. *Horemis, Spyros. Optical and Geometrical Patterns and Designs. New York: Dover, 1970.
Paperback; signed on flyleaf in pencil: “ ARKLEY”; this book is extensively clipped, and several pages also removed (details below)
-pl.11-12 clipped
-pl.15/16 removed
-pl.19/20 and 21/22 clipped
-pl.23 tagged
-pls.27/28 and 29/30 (colour) clipped
-pl.35/36 clipped
-pl.39-44 removed
-pl.47/48 marked with masking tape
-pl.49/50 and pl.55/56 both clipped
-pl.57/58: two small triangular sections clipped and p.57 annotated in pencil “propeler” (?)
-pl.60/61 marked (with section cut from another page?) and pl.61/62 clipped
-pl.63/64 clipped (two sections)
-pl.65/66 and 67/68 clipped
-pl.81/82 clipped (two sections)
-pl.83/84 loose and clipped (two sections)
-pl.85/86 clipped
-pl.87-90 removed
39. Ideal Kitchen Plans, Australian House & Garden, [n.d.] (1950s-early 60s?)
-pp.20-21 marked
-several pp.removed after p.22
-pp.28-29 marked
-pp.40/41 marked (kitchen curtains)
40. Interiors for Today, c.1970?
[ex Camberwell library; title page torn out]; kitchens, bedrooms etc.in 70s style; no evident markings
41. *Leighton, John. Suggestions in Design: Three Thousand Years of Ornaments, Styles, Motifs. London, 1888 ed., repr.NY & London: Paddington Press, 1977 [ex Prahran College library copy]
- image ripped from pp.64/5
42. Modern Homes Illustrated, London: Odhams Press, [n.d.] (1939 or later)
Hardback; incl.numerous interior views with furniture etc., but no evidence of material having been removed; for suggested publication date, see advert on p.v re estate “under development in 1939”
43. Ott, Richard. Oriental Design Stained Glass Pattern Book. New York: Dover, 1986.
Black outlined flowers, birds. etc.; intact
- tagged at pp.36/37 (birds in roundels)
44. *Our House, vol.2, no.1. Silverwater, NSW: Express Publications [n.d.] (c.1995?)
- pp.15/16, 21/22 & 27/28 clipped
- p.59: brickwork pattern on p.59 circled (and Bunnings brochure inserted)
- pp.91/92, 95/96 & 105/6 clipped
- pp.110-11 marked, p.110 annotated by Arkley: “fine form” (with sketch), opposite photo of pedestal on p.111
45. Pepin, Betty. How to Be Your Own Decorator [1961] New York: Pyramid Books, 1962
Small-format paperback (“Books for Women” series)
46. Project & Kit Homes, Sydney: Australian Home Journal, [n.d.]
-pp.43/44, 59/60 and back cover all clipped
47. Renovating your Home – Australian Home Journal How-To Series, Sydney, n.d. [c.1978?]
48. Roche, Tony, & Monahan, Patricia. Decorating with Stencils. London: Wiedenfeld & Nicolson, 1995.
Hardcover book, largely intact
- p.143/4 loose (Moroccan tile patterns), pp.152/3 tagged (French Empire patterns)
49. Roses – Charted Designs, New York: Dover, 1987
Needlework patterns
50. *Rowe, William. Exotic Alphabets and Ornament, New York: Dover, 1974.
No markings in text proper.
- NB Arkley notes & drawings added on last (blank) page
51. Tenney, Kevin. Painted Finishes (Better Homes and Gardens Mini Workbook Series). Sydney: Murdoch Books, 1998.
52. Vance, Peggy. William Morris Wallpapers. London: Bracken Books, 1989.
Large format; 40 colour plates (originals in V&A); paint-spattered but otherwise unmarked
53. Verneuil, A.& M., Art Deco Designs. New York: Portland House, 1988
Large format; “classic gift wraps”; based on 1925 designs
54. *Woman’s Day Decorating Guide no.18, Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett Publications, 1973.
Magazine format
- front cover clipped
- p.9/10 clipped
- p.11/12 clipped
- p.39/40 clipped
- Box: MS F BOX 4434-4436 (Mixed materials)
Repository details
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