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, Interior decorating in nineteenth-century France establishes crucial links between the fields of art history, material and visual culture, and design history.
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- Year Published:
- 2020
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9781526151582
- Number of Pages:
- 288
- Publication Date:
- 11/12/2020
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- Series:
- Studies in Design and Material Culture
- Authors:
- Lasc, Anca I. (Assistant Professor)
- Illustrations Note:
- 28 colour illustrations, 71 black & white illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester
- SKU:
- 9781526151582