Craven, Wayne.

Stanford White : decorator in opulence and dealer in antiquities / Wayne Craven.

New York : Columbia University Press, ©2005.

xvi, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

"Wayne Craven's work offers the first study of Stanford White as an interior decorator and a dealer in antiques and the fine arts. Craven also offers a vivid portrait of the sweeping social and cultural changes taking place in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He situates White's work as an interior decorator within the context of the lives and society of the nouveaux riches who built unprecedented fortunes during the Industrial Revolution." "Based on the archives of the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University and the New-York Historical Society, this book recovers a neglected yet significant part of White's career, which lasted from the 1870s to his murder in 1906. White not only set the standard for twentieth-century architecture but also defined the newly emerging profession of interior design."--Jacket.

0231133448 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780231133449 (cloth ; alk. paper)

White, Stanford, 1853-1906.
Interior decorators United States Biography.
Antique dealers United States Biography.
Décorateurs d'intérieurs États-Unis Biographies.
Antiquaires États-Unis Biographies.
Antique dealers
Interior decorators
United States

Biography.
Biographies

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 242537
Cote: BIB 172340
Statut: Disponible