Entrée principale:

Gloag, John, 1896-1981.

Titre et auteur:

Georgian grace; a social history of design from 1660-1830.

Publication:

London, A. and C. Black [1956]

Description:

xix, 426 pages illustrations, portraits, facsimiles 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-359. "Books on furniture published between 1660 and 1830": pages 384).
The Secret of Georgian Grace -- Part I : The background -- The growth of educated patronage -- The architectural bones -- The Georgian scene -- Ornamental conventions and waves of taste -- Part II : The accompaniments to life -- "Fill every glass" -- A dish of tea -- Pray be seated -- Bed and bedroom -- "The toilet stands display'd" -- Writing and reading -- Music in the drawing-room, fiddles in the kitchen -- Chimney-piece and chimney-corner -- "Let us take the road" -- Epitaph -- Appendices -- The principal architects and their works -- Furniture-makers and designers -- Books on furniture published between 166o and 1830 -- The Society of Dilettanti -- The Society of Arts -- The Gunning sisters -- Georgian grace in the American Colonies : the Philipse Manor Hall at Yonkers, New York -- Contemporary advertisements : coaches from London to York and Newcastle -- Contemporary advertisements : a page of advertisements extracted from the Whitehall Evening-Post, March 8th to 10th, 1759 -- Contemporary advertisements : extracted from page 3 of the Norwich Mercury, February 23rd, 1788.

Sujet:

Decoration and ornament Georgian style.
Furniture, Georgian.
Décoration et ornement Style Georgian.
Meubles Georgian.
Alltagskultur
Architektur
Design
Großbritannien

Classification/genre:

History.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 85322
Cote: 6295; ID:86-B16674
Statut: Disponible