The Decoration of Houses
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The Decoration of Houses is a seminal 1897 interior design manual by Edith Wharton (with architect Ogden Codman Jr.) that helped shape American taste in domestic architecture and decoration.
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| The Decoration of Houses canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Decoration of Houses Context triple: [Edith Wharton, notableWork, The Decoration of Houses]
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A.
The Comforts of Home
"The Comforts of Home" is a darkly comic short story by Flannery O’Connor that explores themes of moral hypocrisy, control, and self-deception in the American South.
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B.
A Painted House
A Painted House is a coming-of-age novel by John Grisham that departs from his usual legal thrillers to portray rural Arkansas farm life in the early 1950s.
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C.
Sculptured House
Sculptured House is an iconic, futuristic, curvilinear home in Colorado, often called the "Sleeper House" after its appearance in the Woody Allen film "Sleeper."
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D.
The Dining Room in the Country
The Dining Room in the Country is a 1913 Post-Impressionist interior scene by French painter Pierre Bonnard, celebrated for its intimate domestic atmosphere, vibrant color harmonies, and complex spatial composition.
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E.
The Red House
The Red House is a notable Expressionist painting by German artist Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, characterized by bold colors and simplified, angular forms.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Decoration of Houses Target entity description: The Decoration of Houses is a seminal 1897 interior design manual by Edith Wharton (with architect Ogden Codman Jr.) that helped shape American taste in domestic architecture and decoration.
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A.
The Comforts of Home
"The Comforts of Home" is a darkly comic short story by Flannery O’Connor that explores themes of moral hypocrisy, control, and self-deception in the American South.
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B.
A Painted House
A Painted House is a coming-of-age novel by John Grisham that departs from his usual legal thrillers to portray rural Arkansas farm life in the early 1950s.
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C.
Sculptured House
Sculptured House is an iconic, futuristic, curvilinear home in Colorado, often called the "Sleeper House" after its appearance in the Woody Allen film "Sleeper."
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D.
The Dining Room in the Country
The Dining Room in the Country is a 1913 Post-Impressionist interior scene by French painter Pierre Bonnard, celebrated for its intimate domestic atmosphere, vibrant color harmonies, and complex spatial composition.
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E.
The Red House
The Red House is a notable Expressionist painting by German artist Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, characterized by bold colors and simplified, angular forms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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interior design manual ⓘ |
| advocates |
architectural unity in house design
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functional arrangement of rooms ⓘ simplicity in decoration ⓘ |
| author | Edith Wharton ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Ogden Codman Jr. ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizes | Victorian interior decoration ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| genre |
architectural treatise
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design literature ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chapter on bedrooms
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chapter on boudoirs ⓘ chapter on bric-à-brac ⓘ chapter on ceilings ⓘ chapter on curtains ⓘ chapter on dining-rooms ⓘ chapter on doors ⓘ chapter on drawing-rooms ⓘ chapter on floors ⓘ chapter on furniture ⓘ chapter on halls ⓘ chapter on libraries ⓘ chapter on nurseries ⓘ chapter on school-rooms ⓘ chapter on staircases ⓘ chapter on tables ⓘ chapter on the ballroom ⓘ chapter on the staircase and hall ⓘ chapter on walls ⓘ chapter on windows ⓘ |
| hasReprint |
20th-century editions
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21st-century editions ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century interior decoration
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American domestic architecture ⓘ American interior design ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
domestic architecture
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home decoration ⓘ interior design ⓘ |
| movement | neoclassicism in interior design ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collaboration between a novelist and an architect
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influencing American taste in domestic decoration ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1897 ⓘ |
| publisher | Charles Scribner's Sons ⓘ |
| theoreticalBasis |
classical principles of proportion
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emphasis on architectural background over upholstery ⓘ |
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