- University of Wisconsin-Madison
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- History of Interiors
Interior Design : History of Interiors
History of Interiors
- 20th Century Architecture and Interior DesignThe Gittscho-Schleisner Collection is "comprised of over 29,000 images primarily of architectural subjects, including interiors and exteriors of homes, stores, offices, factories, historic buildings, and other structures." They are located primarily in the northeastern United States, mainly the New York City area, and Florida.
- American Memory (Library of Congress)Searchable collection of online historical images. May also be browsed by topic, time period, or place
- Centre for the Study of the Domestic InteriorResearch into the changing appearance and layout of the rooms in a range of buildings, from tenements to palaces, the objects that furnished those rooms, the ways rooms and objects were depicted, the manner in which people used them, and how they thought about them. From the University of London.
- Clues Within These Walls : House CluesInteractive guide to some of the methods historians and curators use to learn about a house's past.
- Designing Domesticity: Decorating the American Home Since 1876Site accompanying a Kent State University Museum exhibit that "explores the relationship between interior design and family reform in four decades of relative growth: the 1870s, the 1920s, the 1950s, and today."
- House Beautiful ArchiveDigital archive of magazine which focuses on decorating and the domestic arts, 1896-present.House Beautiful is the oldest still-published US shelter magazine, providing coverage on social and cultural trends in domestic settings, including issues such as women's roles, family life, and consumer behavior.
- Picture Collection Online (New York Public Library)Searchable collection of online historical images. May also be browsed by subjects such as "design", "New York City - houses" or "textiles".
- Wisconsin Historical Images (State Historical Society)Searchable collection of online images. Can also be browsed by subjects such as "home", "household furnishings" or "department stores".
- Within These Walls...One house, five families, 200 years of history.