Now I lay me down to eat : notes and footnotes on the lost art of living / Bernard Rudofsky.

Main entry:

Rudofsky, Bernard, 1905-1988.

Title & Author:

Now I lay me down to eat : notes and footnotes on the lost art of living / Bernard Rudofsky.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Books, Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1980.

Description:

191 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Published in conjunction with the exhibit of the same name at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

A commentary on the instability of ideas and ideals that shape our way of life. Examines five basic functions: eating, sleeping, sitting, cleansing, and bathying.

ISBN:

0385157150
9780385157155
0385157169 (pbk.)
9780385157162 (pbk.)

Subject:

Manners and customs Exhibitions.
Sitting customs History Exhibitions.
Dinners and dining History Exhibitions.
Bathing customs History Exhibitions.
Beds History Exhibitions.
Mœurs et coutumes Expositions.
Bains Histoire Expositions.
Dîners Histoire Expositions.
Sièges (Mobilier) Histoire Expositions.
Lits Histoire Expositions.
Position assise Coutumes Histoire Expositions.
Bathing customs
Beds
Dinners and dining
Manners and customs
Sitting customs

Form/genre:

Catalog
Exhibition
Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition publications.
exhibition catalogs.
catalogs (documents)
Catalogs
Exhibition catalogs
History
Catalogues d'exposition.
Catalogues.

Added entries:

Cooper-Hewitt Museum.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 278933
Call No.: BIB 214693
Status: Available

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