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Early Georgian interiors

John Cornforth
Resource Type:
Book (Print/Paper)
Publication:
New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, [2004]
Copyright:
©2004
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.
Author/Creator:
Cornforth, John, 1937-2004
Contributors:
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Main Work:
Early Georgian interiors [by Cornforth, J.]
Subjects:
Interior decoration — Great Britain — History — 18th century
Great Britain — Georgian style
Architecture, Domestic — Great Britain — 18th century
Architecture, Georgian — Great Britain
1700-1799
Architecture, Domestic
Architecture, Georgian
Interior decoration
Great Britain
Genres:
History
General Notes:
"Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-345) and index.
Physical Description:
360 pages : color illustrations ; 33 cm
Call Numbers:
NK2043.A1 C67 2004
ISBNs:
0300103301 (cl, alk. paper)
Library of Congress Control Numbers:
2004002599
OCLC Numbers:
54400346