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By'the'turn'on'the'20th'century,'amateur'advisors'and'publications'were'increasingly'challenging'the'monopoly'that'this'large'retail'companies'had'on'design.'English'feminist'author'Mary'Haweis'wrote'a'number'of'widely'read'essays'within'the'1880s'through'which'she'derided'the'eagerness'which'aspiring'middle-class'people'furnished'their'houses'in'accordance'with'the'rigid'models'wanted'to'them'from'the'retailers.[10]'She'advocated'anyone'adoption'of'any'particular'style,'tailor-made'to'the'average'person'needs'and'preferences'with'the'customer: "One'of'my'strongest'convictions,'and'one'on'the'first'canons'of'proper'taste,'is'the'fact'that'our'houses,'such'as'fish’s'shell'plus'the'bird’s'nest,'really'should'represent'our'individual'taste'and'habits. The'move'toward'decoration'being'a'separate'artistic'profession,'unrelated'on'the'manufacturers'and'retailers,'received'an'impetus'while'using'1899'formation'on'the'Institute'of'British'Decorators;'with'John'Dibblee'Crace'since'its'president,'it'represented'almost'200'decorators'round'the'country.[11]'By'1915,'the'London'Directory'listed'127'individuals'trading'as'interior'decorators,'which'often'10'were'women.'Rhoda'and'Agnes'Garrett'were'the'primary'women'to'coach'professionally'as'decorators'in'1874.'The'importance'of'their'focus'on'design'was'regarded'right'at'that'moment'as'with'a'par'achievable'of'William'Morris.'In'1876,'their'work'–'Suggestions'for'House'Decoration'in'Painting,'Woodwork'and'Furniture'–'spread'their'tips'on'artistic'home'design'to'a'wide'middle-class'audience.[12]