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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