New Haven [Conn.] ; Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, c2007.London : Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, c2007.
Physical Description:
xv, 320 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Holdings:
Reference LibraryNK1860 .H37 2007 (LC)
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
Table of contents only
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0620/2006029075.html
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [308]-310) and index.
Contents:
Salvaging the interior : 1500-1820 -- Salvage and a more amateur antiquarianism -- Continental imports and the Wardour Street trade -- England and the French connection -- Interiors and a new professionalism : 1850-1950 -- The growth of a transatlantic trade in rooms and salvages -- The period room in European museums -- North American museums and the English room -- Into American houses go English rooms -- William Randolph Hearst, the great accumulator -- Check-list of British rooms and salvages exported to the USA.
Subject Terms:
Interior decoration. | Period rooms -- Conservation and restoration. | Decorative arts -- Collectors and collecting. | Moving of buildings, bridges, etc. | Salvage (Waste, etc.)