Decorative Plasterwork of the Renaissance 1926; 1933 (B.T. Batsford) Regency Furniture, 1795–1820 1931 (1934?); revised and extended to 1830 by Ralph Fastnedge Georgian Cabinet-Makers 1944; 1946; revised 1951 (3rd edition 1955) (with Ralph Edwards) The Work of William Kent. Artist, Painter, Designer and Landscape Gardener (Country Life Books 1948): the first modern reassessment of William Kent, with an introduction by Christopher Hussey (First edition appeared in 1950) English Interior Decoration, 1500 to 1830: A Study in the Development of Design (B.T. Batsford 1950) English Furniture (Country Life Books 1950) References Further reading Hilary Spurling: Ivy: The Life of Ivy Compton-Burnett (includes many personal details of Margaret Jourdain) 1876 births 1951 deaths English women non-fiction writers Antiques experts 19th-century English people English non-fiction writers English furniture English LGBT people