Professional Practice for Interior Designers

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Piotrowski, Christine M., 1947–
Professional practice for interior designers / Christine M. Piotrowski.—3rd ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-471-38401-1 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Interior decoration—Practice—United States—Management. 2. Design
services—United States—Marketing. I. Title.
NK2116.2.P57 2001
729'.068—dc21 2001022370
Printed in the United States of America.
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