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Author:   Penny Sparke (Kingston University, UK) ,  Brenda Martin (Kingston University, Surrey, UK) ,  Trevor Keeble (Kingston University, Surrey, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.380kg
ISBN:  

9780415374705

ISBN 10:   0415374707
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   10 May 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contributors Biographies List of Figures Preface Introduction 1. The Modern Period Room – A Contradiction in Terms? 2. Interiors Without Walls: Choice in Context at MoDA 3. Stopping the Clock: The Preservation and Presentation of Linley Sambourne House, 18 Stafford Terrace 4. The Double Life: The Cultural Construction of the Exhibited Interior in Modern Japan 5. The Restoration of Modern Life: Interwar Houses on Show in the Netherlands 6. 'A Man's House is his Art': The Walker Art Center's Idea House Project and the Marketing of Domestic Design 1941-1947 7. Domesticity on Display: Modelling the Modern Home in Post-War Belgium (1945-1950) 8. Kettles Yard: Museum of Way of Life? 9. Two Viennese Refugees: Lucie Rie and her Apartment 10. The Preservation and Presentation of 2 Willow Road for the National Trust 11. Photographs of a Legacy: Dora Gordine and Dorich House Index Bibliography

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'This book will be of particular interest to students of interior decorating and to architects who wish to study the interaction of furniture with the design of their buildings. However, it is easily readable, and can be recommended to persons who contemplate furnishing or refurnishing their homes.' -- Architecture Science Review

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Penny Sparke, Brenda Martin, Trevor Keeble

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