Entrée principale:

Horwood, Catherine.

Titre et auteur:

Potted history : the story of plants in the home / Catherine Horwood.

Publication:

London : Frances Lincoln, 2007.

Description:

207 pages : illustrations (some color), color portraits ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-197) and index.
'A garden within doores' -- The arrival of 'exoticks' -- The chamber garden -- The fashion for forcing -- 'Porcoipins for snowdrips' -- Town and villa -- 'The largest hothouse in the world' -- Flora domestica -- Rus in urbe -- Gardens under glass -- Window gardens for the people -- Flower decorations -- 'No home is complete without living plants' -- 'Good for your health and good for your soul'.

Résumé:

Catherine Horwood explores the role of houseplants and cut flowers in the home and has combined social history, plant history and the history of interior design.

ISBN:

9780711228009 (cased)
0711228000 (cased)

Sujet:

House plants in interior decoration Great Britain History.
House plants History.
House plants in interior decoration Social aspects Great Britain.
House plants Social aspects Great Britain.
Plantes d'intérieur en décoration intérieure Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Plantes d'intérieur Histoire.
Plantes d'intérieur en décoration intérieure Aspect social Grande-Bretagne.
Plantes d'intérieur Aspect social Grande-Bretagne.
House plants.
House plants in interior decoration.
Great Britain.

Classification/genre:

History.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 282563
Cote: BIB 220205
Statut: Disponible