Seventeenth-century interior decoration in England, France, and Holland / Peter Thornton.

Main entry:

Thornton, Peter, 1925-2007.

Title & Author:

Seventeenth-century interior decoration in England, France, and Holland / Peter Thornton.

Publication:

New Haven : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, 1978.

Description:

xii, 427 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Series:

Studies in British art

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- France and Aristocratic Fashion -- The Spread of the French Ideal -- The Architectural Framework -- The Upholsterer's Task -- The Upholsterer's Materials -- The Upholsterer's Furnishings -- Beds, Cloths of Estate and Couches -- Upholstered Seat-furniture --Tables and Cup-boards -- Other Furniture and Decorative Features -- Lighting -- Specific Rooms and Their Decoration -- Abbreviations -- Notes to the Text -- Notes to the Plates -- Index.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0300021933
9780300021936
0300027761 (paper)
9780300027761 (paper)

Subject:

Interior decoration England History 17th century.
Interior decoration France History 17th century.
Interior decoration Netherlands History 17th century.
Décoration intérieure Angleterre Histoire 17e siècle.
Décoration intérieure France Histoire 17e siècle.
Décoration intérieure Pays-Bas Histoire 17e siècle.
Interior decoration
Interieurkunst.
Interior decoration Great Britain History 17th century.
England
France
Netherlands
Residences Interior decoration Western Europe, 1600-1700

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
Studies in British art (Unnumbered)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 44236
Call No.: NK2043.T45 (W5687)
Status: Available

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