Eighteenth-century furniture
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Eighteenth-century furniture
（Studies in design and material culture）
Manchester University Press , Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's, 1996
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-217) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780719045240
Description
The 18th century is seen as a "golden age" for furniture design and craftsmanship. This book investigates the various developments in furniture during this period, tracing the changing factors in design, materials, manufacturing, business organization, retailing and consumption. The aim of the book is to bring a multi-disciplinary approach to furniture history, to build on the existing studies of the subject by providing an overview of the elements of this aspect of material culture, and to offer an analysis of the whole process of furniture supply during the 18th century.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Trade and business: economic organization - workshops, employees and management, sub-contracting and division of labour, costing, pricing and price books
- location
- nature of labour and the crafts - cabinet makers, carvers, veneerers and marqueteurs, turners, chair-makers, upholsterers, other trades
- women and the trade
- distribution and sales - urbanization, retailing, transport, imports and exports, smuggling. Part 2 Materials and techniques: tools
- timber and processing
- preparatory processes
- construction
- veneering and marquetry
- finishing
- accessories
- mirrors and glass
- upholstery
- other materials. Part 3 Design and the design process: the nature of design
- the separation of the designer and maker
- the role of the architect
- the dissemination of designs
- the pattern books
- prints and visual literacy
- continental design influences
- emulation
- morality
- fashion
- comfort and convenience
- room use - halls, anterooms and vestibules, dining rooms, libraries and book rooms, bedrooms closets and dressing rooms, drawing rooms.
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: pbk ISBN 9780719045257
Description
The 18th century is seen as a "golden age" for furniture design and craftsmanship. This book investigates the various developments in furniture during this period, tracing the changing factors in design, materials, manufacturing, business organization, retailing and consumption. The aim of the book is to bring a multi-disciplinary approach to furniture history, to build on the existing studies of the subject by providing an overview of the elements of this aspect of material culture, and to offer an analysis of the whole process of furniture supply during the 18th century.
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