Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Cornforth, John, 1937-
Title:
Early Georgian interiors / John Cornforth.
Published / Created:
New Haven, CT : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, c2004.
Physical Description:
360 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/yale051/2004002599.html
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject Terms:
Interior decoration -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century. | Decoration and ornament -- Great Britain -- Georgian style. | Architecture, Domestic -- Great Britain -- 18th century. | Architecture, Georgian -- Great Britain.