Furnishing the eighteenth century : what furniture can tell us about the European and American past / edited by Dena Goodman & Kathryn Norberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goodman, Dena, 1952-

Norberg, Kathryn, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Furniture--England--History--18th century.

Furniture.

England.

History.

Furniture--United States--History--18th century.

United States.

Social indicators.

Physical Description:

x, 245 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, [2007]

Summary:

Furnishing the Eighteenth Century provides an illuminating, interdisciplinary look into European and American furniture during the century that connoisseurs and collectors consider its golden age. Lavishly illustrated, this lively collection of essays by historians, art historians, and literary scholars examines the ways furniture of this period reflects the global contacts and social rituals developed in eighteenth-century Europe and America. Drawing on literature, painting, account books and death inventories, this diverse compilation explores how and why eighteenth-century men and women on both sides of the Atlantic purchased and used furniture. Ultimately, these essays make the past come alive, showing us what made desks, tables and chairs deeply meaningful in their own time and historically informative today.

Contents:

Mapping meaning globally

Diffusing furniture, fashion, taste

Making meaning in the domestic interior

Forms, functions, meanings

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

041594953X

OCLC:

70158340

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