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Comfort in the eighteenth-century country house
"Country houses were grand statements of power and status, but they were also places where people lived. This book outlines traces the changes in layout, the new technologies, and the innovations in furniture that made them more convenient and comfortable. It argues that these material changes...
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| स्वरूप: | पुस्तक |
| भाषा: | English |
| प्रकाशित: |
New York ; London
: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
, 2022
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| श्रृंखला: | Routledge studies in eighteenth-century cultures and societies
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| ऑनलाइन पहुंच: | Inhaltsverzeichnis lizenzpflichtig |
| संबंधित चीजें : | Erscheint auch als:
Comfort in the eighteenth-century country house Erscheint auch als: Comfort in the eighteenth-century country house |
| लेखक नोट्स: | Jon Stobart |
| सारांश: | "Country houses were grand statements of power and status, but they were also places where people lived. This book outlines traces the changes in layout, the new technologies, and the innovations in furniture that made them more convenient and comfortable. It argues that these material changes were just one aspect of comfort in the country house: feeling comfortable was just as important as being comfortable. Achieving this involved the comfort and solace to be found in daily routines, religious faith and, above all, relationships with family and friends. Such emotional comforts, and the attachment to things and places that embodied and memorialized them, made country houses into homes"-- |
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| वस्तु वर्णन: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 272-296 |
| भौतिक वर्णन: | x, 308 Seiten Illustrationen, Pläne |
| आईएसबीएन: | 9781032072913 9781032072920 |
