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Decoration and Glass progressive for its time. In addition to reflecting the styles and fashions of the period, the journal also reflected the increasing individual wealth and home ownership of the time, as Australia's economy slowly recovered. Decoration and glass has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia. Decoration and Glass Decoration and Glass, was an English language trade journal, issued from 1935 to 1949, and published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Decoration and Glass : journal for home builders, architects and decorators was the official journal of the Australian Glass Manufacturers Company.