Interior decorating in nineteenth-century France: The visual culture of a new profession (Studies in Design and Material Culture)

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Synopsis
This book explores the beginnings of the interior design profession in nineteenth-century France. Drawing on a wealth of visual sources, from collecting and advice manuals to pattern books and department store catalogues, it demonstrates how new forms of print media were used to ‘sell’ the idea of the unified interior as a total work of art, enabling the profession of interior designer to take shape. In observing the dependence of the trades on the artistic and public visual appeal of their work, the book establishes crucial links between the fields of art history, material and visual culture, and design history.
Copyright:
2018

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
288 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781526113405
Related ISBNs:
9781526151582, 9781526113382, 9781526113399
Publisher:
Manchester University Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Anca I. Lasc
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Home and Garden, Social Studies
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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