History of Interior Design and Furniture: From Ancient Egypt to Nineteenth-Century Europe

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Wiley, 2006 - Architecture - 440 pages
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A comprehensive survey of the major historical periods of interior architecture and decorative styles, History of Interior Design & Furniture, Second Edition features more than 175 new illustrations, including over 150 full colour photographs. From Ancient Egypt to Nineteenth-Century Revival Styles that characterise the Victorian age, furniture and design are placed within the broader context of social, political, economic, and technological perspectives of each period.

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Contents

Egypt c 3200341 B C
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Greece 50030 B C 26
8
Rome 509 B C A D 476
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17th century Adam applied arch architects architectural arrangement Baroque became Board building carved ceiling central century chair changes characteristics chimneypiece classical color columns combined constructed continued cornice Country court curved decorative detail dining doors drawers drawing early elements Empire employed England English entablature example extended feet Figure floor frame France French frieze front furniture Gothic Greek hall head houses important included influence interior Italian Italy late later legs Library light London Louis XV lower marble materials ment moldings motifs mounts Museum originated ornament painted panels pattern period pieces pilasters placed plaster position rail rectangular relief Renaissance represented residence Rococo Roman round seat shapes side sometimes space spatial square stone stretcher structural stucco style stylistic surface techniques termed tion treatment turned typical usually wall widely wood

About the author (2006)

ROBBIE G. BLAKEMORE, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of The University of Tennessee at Knoxville. A nationally known scholar of interior design, she is a two-time winner of the Outstanding Educator Award in Interior Design at The University of Tennessee, as well as numerous other grants and awards. She is also a member of the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC). She has taught interior design at The Ohio State University, Florida State University, University of Illinois, and Michigan State University.

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TitleHistory of Interior Design and Furniture: From Ancient Egypt to Nineteenth-Century Europe
AuthorRobbie G. Blakemore
Edition2, illustrated
PublisherWiley, 2006
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized4 Dec 2009
ISBN0471464333, 9780471464334
Length440 pages
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Architecture / Interior Design / General
  
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