Encyclopedia of interior design / editor, Joanna Banham ; picture editor, Leanda Shrimpton.
"From ancient Greece to Frank Lloyd Wright, studiola to smoking rooms, chimney boards to cocktail cabinets, and papier-m⣨e; to tubular steel, the Encyclopedia of Interior Design provides a history of interior decoration and design from ancient times to the present day. It includes more than 500...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; Chicago :
Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers,
[1997]
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| Summary: | "From ancient Greece to Frank Lloyd Wright, studiola to smoking rooms, chimney boards to cocktail cabinets, and papier-m⣨e; to tubular steel, the Encyclopedia of Interior Design provides a history of interior decoration and design from ancient times to the present day. It includes more than 500 illustrated entries covering a variety of subjects ranging from the work of the foremost designers, to the origins and function of principal rooms and furnishing types, as well as surveys of interior design by period and nationality all prepared by an international team of experts in the field. Entries on individuals include a biography, a chronological list of principal works or career summary, a primary and secondary bibliography, and a signed critical essay of 800 to 1500 words on the individual's work in interior design. The style and topic entries contain an identifying headnote, a guide to main collections, a list of secondary sources, and a signed critical essay."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 volumes (xvii, 1450 pages) : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1884964192 9781884964190 |