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Furniture-Makers and Consumers in England, 1754-1851

Design as Interaction

Furniture-Makers and Consumers in England, 1754-1851( )
Author: Shimbo, Akiko
Series edited by: Shaw, Gareth
Series title:The History of Retailing and Consumption Ser.
ISBN:978-1-4724-4594-0
Publication Date:Dec 2015
Publisher:Ashgate Publishing Company
Book Format:Digital (delivered electronically)
List Price:USD $124.95
Book Description:

Covering the period from the publication of Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Makers' Director (1754) to the Great Exhibition (1851), this book analyses the relationships between producer-retailers and consumers of furniture and interior design, and explores what effect dialogues surrounding these transactions had on the standardisation of furniture production during this period. This study examines the role of pattern books and their readers; the construction of taste and...
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