Early Georgian Interiors
by Cornforth, John
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG
- ISBN 10
- 0300103301
- ISBN 13
- 9780300103304
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About This Item
New Haven, Connecticut / London: Yale University Press, 2004. Hardcover. VG. Red cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.; Color illus. endpapers; 360 pp.; 458 bw and color figures. An in-depth look at early Georgian interiors--how rooms were used, how fashions in dress influenced fashions in interior design, the influence of Eastern style, and much more. Extensive text. Lavishly illustrated. Cornforth was a foremost expert on British interiors of this era, and he passed away just as this book was nearing completion. Contents as follows: Aspects of early Georgian fashion and taste -- The uses of rooms and changing social practice, 1685-1760 -- The primacy of upholstery -- Aspects of display -- William Kent and architectural decoration -- Parade, comfort, and variety, 1740-60 -- The rise of historical thinking -- The role of pictures in decoration -- The influence of the Orient on decoration -- Planning and sequences of decoration, 1720-60.Heavy.
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- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 145944
- Title
- Early Georgian Interiors
- Author
- Cornforth, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0300103301
- ISBN 13
- 9780300103304
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven, Connecticut / London
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- European Decorative Arts ; Georgian Interiors ; ;
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