The famous Harrods Ltd. of London supplied home furnishings worldwide at the height of the British Empire, and this is furniture collection they offered their loyal customers circa 1905. Unique to this book are detailed lists to furnish an entire home for œ200, 300, 400 and 500 at that time. The furniture displayed in exact photographs and lithographs ranges from antique to modern and for each room in the house-formal halls, relaxed morning rooms, elegant or simple dining rooms, every type of bedroom, bathrooms, kitchens and porches. All forms of furniture for inside and outside use are shown here and are supplemented with lighting devices, metal wares, cutlery, linens, porcelain, and glassware. As the furniture of the early twentieth century gains renewed popularity today, this book will seen as an essential reference of good taste from Harrods.
