Main entry:

Brandimarte, Cynthia A.

Title & Author:

Inside Texas : culture, identity, and houses, 1878-1920 / by Cynthia A. Brandimarte.

Publication:

Ft. Worth : Texas Christian University Press, ©1991.

Description:

xvi, 460 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-451) and index.
1. "All That Stuff": An Introduction -- 2. Ranchers and Lawyers, Photographers and Artists: Occupation -- 3. Ties That Bind: Family -- 4. "Madonnas upon Log-Walls": Ethnicity -- 5. Home Away from Home: Social Group -- 6. The Alamo, the Lone Star, and the Confederacy: Region -- 7. Art Good Enough for Texas: Refinement -- 8. From Art Galleries to Sears, Roebuck: Class -- 9. Aesthetic, Mission, and Colonial Revival: Style -- 10. Houses of Many Rooms: Multiple Identities -- 11. "Interior Decorators Were Not Yet With Us": Advice Literature -- 12. Toward Professional Decoration: A Case Study -- 13. Deep in the Heart of Anywhere: Architects and Decorators -- A Complex of Trails: Conclusion.
Kate Broocks Bates Award, 1992

Summary:

Study of Texas homes between 1878 and 1920, documenting the way Texans lived.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0875650929
9780875650920
0875650937
9780875650937

Subject:

Interior decoration Texas History 19th century.
Interior decoration Texas History 20th century.
Interior decoration Human factors Texas.
Décoration intérieure Texas Histoire 19e siècle.
Décoration intérieure Texas Histoire 20e siècle.
Décoration intérieure Facteurs humains Texas.
Interior decoration.
Interior decoration Human factors.
Texas.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 76133
Call No.: ID:92-B431
Status: Available