2. Interior design, décor etc.
(photo: cover of Arkley’s copy of Gilliat, Mix & Match [84])
Many of these titles, all held in State Library Victoria’s Howard Arkley Archive, were used by Arkley for his suburban imagery, either as direct sources (see in particular Gold’s Instant Decorator [85]), or for wider inspiration. See also 9. Journals – Architecture & design.
See also Callery, Paint Effects (1990) [123]
[77] # * Calloway, Stephen. Art Deco Interior and Panel Designs. London: Bracken Books, 1988 [HAA 10.2.i.25]: large-format, reproducing plates from a book first published in Leipzig 1928; some pp.tagged
[78] # * The Colour Book. London: Mitchell Beazley, 1997 [HAA 10.2.i.26]: with flip pages for combining different wall/floor/ceiling colours; tagged at pp.6/7 (purple/green interior)
[79] # CSR Fibron pamphlet (c.1990?) [HAA 10.2.i.27]
[80] # Encyclopedia of Australian Gardening (Part 2), Rushcutters Bay, NSW: Bay Books, 1978 [HAA 10.2.i.28]
[81] # * Fisher, Karen. Living for Today: Low budget high style ideas in interior design. London: Thames & Hudson, 1972 [HAA 10.2.i.29]: ex.Oakleigh library copy (withdrawn); late 60s/70s interiors: psychedelic colours etc.; pp.19/20 missing, pp.21/22 & 57/58 clipped
[82] # Foliage House Plants. Amsterdam: Time-Life Books, 1972 [HAA 10.2.i.30]: cacti, ferns etc.
[83] # * Freedom Furniture Winter 1992 catalogue [HAA 10.2.i.31]: pp.61-64 clipped (desks, beds)
[84] # * Gilliat, Mary, Mary Gilliat’s Mix & Match Decorating Book, London: Michael Joseph, 1984 [HAA 10.2.i.33]: NB extensive clipping here; the title obviously provided the title of Arkley’s 1992 Tolarno exhibition (see photo of cover above)
[85] # Gold, Frances Joslin. The Instant Decorator, New York: Clarkson N.Potter Inc., 1976 [HAA 4.7.1]: extensively altered and annotated; the “sixteen see-through rooms” here were a key source for Arkley from the late 80s: esp. Blue Chip (with Davila, 1991), “Mix’n’Match” series etc.
[86] # The Golden Book of Nature Crafts, New York: Sion & Schuster, 1958 [HAA 10.1.13]: p.29/30 clipped (images of leaves)
[87] # * Golden Homes, Artarmon, NSW: Grolier Society, 1973 [HAA 10.2.i.34]: pp.43-4 clipped, and several other ills.of cut out
[88] # Gray, Linda. Room for Change: Innovative and Exciting Ideas for Transforming your Home. London: Thames Macdonald, 1988 [HAA 10.2.i.35]: designs, “how to” tips etc.
[89] # * Halpern, Frieda. Full-Colour Russian Folk Needlepoint Designs. NY: Dover, 1976 [HAA 10.2.i.36]: various pages clipped / marked / missing (cf. Mosaic etc.)
[90] # * Harland, W.& S. Growing Cacti & Succulents in Australia and New Zealand. Kenthurst, N.S.W.: Kangaroo Press, 1981 [HAA 10.2.i.37]: cover annotated “source”; pp.33/34, 59/60 clipped, and p.72 annotated with variations on the name “Argyrodermas”; also a few inserted images of cacti from other sources
[91] # * Ideal Kitchen Plans, Australian House & Garden, n.d [1950s-early 60s?] [HAA 10.2.i.39]- several pp.tagged & clipped (kitchens, curtains etc.) {see HAA entry for details}
[92] # Interiors for Today. {details? c.1970?} [HAA 10.2.i.40]: ex Camberwell library; title page removed; kitchens, bedrooms etc.in 70s style; no evident markings
[93] # * Leighton, John. Suggestions in Design: Three Thousand years of Ornaments, Styles, Motifs. NY & London: Paddington Press, 1977 [HAA 10.2.i.41]: reprint of London 1888 ed.; ex Prahran College lib copy; pp.64/65 removed
[94] # Modern Homes Illustrated, London: Odhams Press, n.d. [1939 or later] [HAA 10.2.i.42]: incl. numerous interior views with furniture etc., but no evidence of material having been removed; NB re date, see advert on page v re estate “under development in 1939”
[95] # Ott, Richard. Oriental Design Stained Glass Pattern Book. New York: Dover, 1986 [HAA 10.2.i.43]: black outlined flowers, birds. etc.
[96] # * Our House, vol.2, no.1. Silverwater, NSW: Express Publications [n.d.] (c.1995?) [HAA 10.2.i.44]: 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
[97] # Pepin, Betty. Be Your Own Decorator [1961]. New York: Pyramid Books, 1962 [HAA 10.2.i.45]: “Books for Women” series
[98] # * Project & Kit Homes, Sydney: Australian Home Journal, n.d. [HAA 10.2.i.46]: pp.43/33, 59/60 and back cover all clipped
[99] # Renovating your Home – Australian Home Journal How-To Series, Sydney, n.d. [c.1978?] [HAA 10.2.i.47]
[100] # * Roche, Tony, & Monahan, Patricia. Decorating with Stencils. London: Wiedenfeld & Nicolson, 1995 [HAA 10.2.i.48]: pp.143/4 cut/loose (Moroccan tiles), pp.152/3 tagged (French Empire patterns)
[101] # Roses – Charted Designs, New York: Dover, 1987 [HAA 10.2.i.49]: needlework patterns
[102] # Tenney, Kevin. Painted Finishes (Better Homes and Gardens Mini Workbook Series). Sydney: Murdoch Books, 1998 [HAA 10.2.i.51]
[103] # Vance, Peggy. William Morris Wallpapers. London: Bracken Books, 1989 [HAA 10.2.i.52]: 40 large-format colour plates (originals in V&A); paint-spattered but otherwise unmarked
[104] # Verneuil, A.& M., Art Deco Designs. New York: Portland House, 1988 [HAA 10.2.i.53]: large format; “classic gift wraps”; based on 1925 designs
[105] # Woman’s Day Decorating Guide no.18, Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett Publications, 1973 [HAA 10.2.i.54]: magazine format; front cover, p.9/10, p.11/12, p.39/40 all clipped