In Private : Interior Design As Lifestyle in the 1970s Home.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turney, Joanne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interior decoration--United States.

Interior decoration.

Interior decoration--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2022.

Summary:

"The 1970s is often considered the period that design forgot. In Private sets out to challenge this view, offering a cultural history of domestic interior design in Britain and America over the course of a decade that shaped the contemporary relationship between fashion and interiors. With each chapter dedicated to a different room in the house, this collection explores style, design, and socio-cultural influence from the sitting room to the sauna, and from the kitchen to the conservatory. Considering the key critical discourses which arise from the style and function of each space, In Private looks at how the public sphere informed the decorating styles, furniture and furnishing of the private home, from shag pile carpets to Swedish duvets. Demonstrating how the cultural environment of the 1970s sparked the ideas, styles and practices that have become common currency in today's interior design, the book examines questions of sensuality, tactility, fashion, fantasy and gender. Beautifully illustrated and packed with original research, it provides an insight into 1970s innovation and eclecticism in fashion, textiles, and the domestic interior."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

List of Illustrations

1. Flock me senseless: Sex in the sitting room

2. Duvet Entendre: getting in bed with the continentals (bedding, pornography and the Common Market)

3. Bacchus in the Bathroom: foam, fragrance and frolicking

4. Pleasures of the Mouth: good and bad taste in the dining room

5. Naturism and the Natural: Nordic beauty and the wooden sauna

6. Contradictions in the Kitchen: Rustic technology?

7. People in Glasshouses: the conservatory, porch and patio Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350062153

1350062154

9781350062146

1350062146

9781350062139

1350062138

OCLC:

1472990713