Paint, protective & decorative : designed to help the house-owner solve frequent and vexing problems
A 1910 house-painting manual published by John T. Lewis & Bros, a paint maker, aimed at homeowners who wanted to solve everyday painting and colour problems themselves. Its pictures are coloured plates of houses in several period styles, shown as large painted views above smaller grey-wash views, with one interior room. A designer could draw on the warm, soft palettes of the painted exteriors, the cream-and-brown trim schemes, and the layered grey-tone sketches of house groups.
