The Elements of Design: A Practical Encyclopedia of the Decorative Arts from the Renaissance to the Present
Noël Riley, the general editor ofThe Elements of Design, is a specialist writer and lecturer on the decorative arts. A part-time tutor at Sotheby's Institute of Art, London, and a lecturer for the Worker's Educational Association, she contributes a regular column toHistoric House, the journal of the Historic Houses Association. Her books includeTile Art, The Victorian Design Source Book, Gifts for Good Children: The History of Children's China 1790-1890,andStones' Pocket Guide to Tea Caddies. She was a contributor toSotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of FurnitureandMiller's Antiques Encyclopedia.