The Romantic Interior: The British Collector at Home, 1750-1850

Name/Title

The Romantic Interior: The British Collector at Home, 1750-1850

Entry/Object ID

2005.003.0291

Description

An overview of the development of the 18th-19th century British fashion of collecting medieval and Renaissance objects, and the creation of Romantic interiors to house them. The book illuminates both the history of taste and the economics and mechanics of its application. vi, 314 p., ill. (some col.); 28 cm.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2005.003.

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2005)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Fine arts, Decorative arts; applied arts; decoration and ornament, Interior and house decoration, History of interior decoration and styles, Interior decoration--England--History--18th century, Interior decoration--England--History--19th century, Art, Medieval, Art, Renaissance, Art--Collectors and collecting--England, Art objects--Collectors and collecting--England

Book Details

Author

Wainwright, Clive

Publisher

Yale University Press

Place Published

Location

New Haven, CT

Date Published

1989

Call No.

NK2043 .A1 W35 1989

ISBN

0-300-04225-6

LCCN

89-33705

Location

Location

Building

Missroon Library

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

Library

Category

Permanent

General Notes

Note

Notes: Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-308) and index. Status: Shelf

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

December 29, 2005

Updated By

kemmons

Update Date

August 26, 2008