Snodin, Michael. Design & the decorative arts : Britain, 1500-1900

Folger bibliographic ID: 129303
Folger call number: NK928 .S63 2001
Folger holdings ID: 121070

General notes

"Published to coincide with the opening of the Victoria and Albert Museum's new 'British Galleries 1500-1900'"--Foreword Includes bibliographical references (p. 466-467) and index

Contents

Tudor and Stuart monarchs, 1485-1714 / John Styles -- Britain and its rulers, 1485-1714 / John Styles -- England overseas, 1500 and 1689 / John Styles -- 'Renaissance' : classical or gothic? / Maurice Howard -- Jacobean extravagance / Maurice Howard -- 'The great bed of ware' / Maurice Howard -- The baroque in England / Tessa Murdoch -- The court of Henry VIII / Maurice Howard -- Prints as sources for design / Elizabeth Miller -- The early Stuart court / Nick Humphrey -- The Melville bed / Tessa Murdoch -- Great house layouts / Sara Pennell -- Textiles for the home / Sara Pennell -- Lord and Lady Clapham / Susan North -- Skills from Europe, 1500-1600 / Sara Pennell -- John Dwight / Robin Hildyard -- Goods from the Indies / Dinah Winch -- The book / Rowan Watson -- Silverwares / Helen Clifford -- Goergian monarchs, 1714-1837 / John Styles -- The British empire, 1715 and 1815 / John Styles -- Neo-palladianism / Michael Snodin -- Rococco style / Hilary Young -- Neo-classicism / Hilary Young -- Exoticism and historicism / Frances Collard -- The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, aristocratic patrons / Rachel Kennedy -- Thomas Chippendale and the London furniture makers / Tessa Murdoch -- Josiah Wedgwood / Hilary Young -- Fashion magazines / Rachel Kennedy -- Taking tea / Rachel Kennedy -- Collecting and the grand tour / Malcolm Baker -- Spitalfields silks and the spread of fasion / Clare Browne -- Public entertainments / Kate Newnham -- Cultural tourism and the appreciation of the native landscape / Malcolm Baker -- The printed illustrated catalogue / Helen Clifford -- Porcelain / Hilary Young -- Printed textiles / Clare Browne -- Silverwares / Helen Clifford -- Queen Victoria and her family / Suzanne Fagence Cooper -- The British empire, 1848 and 1902 / John Styles -- The gothic revival / Jim Cheshire -- The battle of the styles / Suzanne Fabence Cooper -- Aestheticism / Linda Parry -- Arts and crafts / Linda Parry -- The church / Jim Cheshire -- The great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations / Paul Greenhalgh -- The south Kensington museum / Karen Livingstone -- William Morris / Lina Parry -- Commercial propaganda / Julia Bigham -- Furnishing the home / Laura Houliston -- The dining table / Ann Eatwell -- The railways / Jim Cheshire -- Christopher dresser / Karen Livingstone -- Furniture / Frances Collard -- Book illustration and binding / Rowan Watson -- The photograph / Mark Haworth-Booth

Extended title: Design & the decorative arts : Britain, 1500-1900 / Michael Snodin and John Styles
Alternate titles: Design and the decorative arts

Victoria and Albert Museum Design Decorative arts

author: Snodin, Michael
subject: Victoria and Albert Museum
associated with: Styles, John
associated with: Victoria and Albert Museum