 | Victorian Exterior Decoration: How to Paint Your Nineteenth-Century American House Historically by Roger W. Moss
Buy used from: $5.09 An indispensable reference for developing an appropriate 19th century color scheme. Cross-referenced to modern paint offerings for accurate color selection.
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 | Century of Color: Exterior Decoration for American Buildings, 1820-1920 by Roger W. Moss
Buy used from: $7.50 One of the first books of the Victorian Revival to address authentic exterior colors, and still among very best. Lots of pictures!
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 | Authentic Color Schemes for Victorian Houses: Comstock's Modern House Painting, 1883 by E. K. Rossiter
Buy new: $13.46 / Used from: $9.99 A reprint of an 1883 builder's manual.
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 | Victorian House Designs in Authentic Full Color: 75 Plates from the "Scientific American -- Architects and Builders Edition," 1885-1894
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $9.95 In the last century, folks used color plates like the ones reprinted in this book to decide on a color scheme.
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| Exterior Decoration
Buy used from: $18.80 A glorious, large format reprint of an 1885 book intended as a paint store counter display, with actual color chips!
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 | Paint in America: The Colors of Historic Buildings
Buy used from: $62.98 Deals primarily with 18th century paint (both interior and exterior); does include some 19th century information. Very detailed and technical.
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 | Victorian Houses: A Treasury of Lesser-Known Examples (Dover Books on Architecture) by Edmund V. Gillon Jr.
Buy new: $12.95 / Used from: $1.02 Period black and white photographs that provide insight into color value and placement.
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 | Victorian Glory in San Francisco and the Bay Area by Paul Duchscherer
Buy used from: $5.55 Gorgeous color images of polychromed houses in the San Francisco Bay area
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| Old House Colors: An Expert's Guide to Painting Your Old (Or Not So Old House) by Lawrence, III Schwin
Buy used from: $0.01 Colored line drawings of houses, with color charts keyed to modern paint lines.
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 | Daughters of Painted Ladies: America's Resplendent Victorians by Elizabeth Pomada
Buy used from: $1.35 Good color photographs of houses throughout the country, painted in the Victorian Revival "boutique" style.
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 | America's Painted Ladies: The Ultimate Celebration of Our Victorians by Elizabeth Pomada
Buy new: $23.07 / Used from: $7.25 More examples from across the country.
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 | Painted Ladies: San Francisco's Resplendent Victorians by Elizabeth Pomada
Buy used from: $1.57 A color album of houses in San Francisco, birthplace of the modern Victorian colorist movement.
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 | Painted Ladies Revisited: San Francisco's Resplendent Victorians Inside and Out by Elizabeth Pomada
Buy used from: $2.28 More San Franciso examples, some of which are revised color schemes of buildings featured in the first Painted Ladies volume.
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