Design and the Decorative Arts Georgian Britain 1714-1837

Name: Design and the Decorative Arts Georgian Britain 1714-1837
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ISBN: 9780810966185

ISBN-10: 0810966182

ISBN-13: 9780810966185

Edition: 2004

Authors: Michael Snodin, John Styles

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Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Abrams, Inc.
Publication date: 6/8/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 168
Size: 10.00" wide x 11.37" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 2.134
Language: English

Michael Snodin is the author of numerous books & the Head of the Designs Section in the Department of Prints, Drawings, & Paintings at the Victoria & Albert Museum.



Acknowledgements


Notes for Readers


Foreword



Introduction



Georgian Monarchs, 1714-1837



The British Empire, 1715 and 1815




Style



Neo-Palladianism



Rococo Style



Neo-classicism



Exoticism and Historicism




Who Led Taste?



The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, Aristocratic Patrons



Thomas Chippendale and the London Furniture Makers



Josiah Wedgwood



Fashion Magazines




Fashionable Living



Taking Tea



Collecting and the Grand Tour



Spitalfields Silks and the Spread of Fashion



Public Entertainments



Cultural Tourism and the Appreciation of the Native Landscape




What Was New?



The Printed Illustrated Catalogue



Porcelain



Printed Textiles



Silverwares



Chronology of Events and Publications


Select Bibliography


Picture Credits


Index