The Rise Of Design

This text offers an account of the appearance of 18th-century rooms at all levels of society and how and why attitudes to decoration changed. It relates the changes to broader aspects of the history of the period and quotes contemporary novelists and travellers to show how interiors were described.

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An original and authoritative account of the appearance of rooms at all levels of society, and how and why attitudes to decoration changed. Examines the role of the architect, traces the emergence of the professional designed, and gives a pioneering account of how women first began to take a special interest in decoration.