Yorke, an author and illustrator, offers a reference to British interior house styles from 1500 to 1960 that contains descriptions and color drawings and b&w sketches to illustrate the changes in domestic interiors and key styles of fixtures and fittings during the time. Chapters cover Tudor and Jacobean, Restoration and Queen Anne, early and mid-Georgian, Regency, early and late Victorian and Edwardian, and inter and post-war styles, and include examples of complete rooms and details like furniture, lighting, wall coverings, molding, flooring, curtains, door knobs, stairs, ceilings, and fabrics. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)