Early Georgian interiors

Aspects of early Georgian fashion and taste -- The uses of rooms and changing social practice, 1685-1760 -- The primacy of upholstery -- Aspects of display -- The significance of William Kent and the development of architectural decoration -- Parade, comfort, and variety in interiors, 1740-1760 -- T...

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1. Verfasser: Cornforth, John (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New Haven u.a. Yale Univ. Press 2004
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Zusammenfassung:Aspects of early Georgian fashion and taste -- The uses of rooms and changing social practice, 1685-1760 -- The primacy of upholstery -- Aspects of display -- The significance of William Kent and the development of architectural decoration -- Parade, comfort, and variety in interiors, 1740-1760 -- The rise of historical thinking -- The role of pictures in decoration -- The influence of the Orient -- Planning and sequences of decoration, 1720-1760.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:360 S.
Ill.
ISBN:0300103301
0-300-10330-1