Akiko Shimbo

Furniture-Makers and Consumers in England, 1754-1851

Design as Interaction

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Produktbeschreibung

Covering the period from the publication of Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Makers' Director (1754) to the Great Exhibition (1851), this book analyses the relationships between producer retailers and consumers of furniture and interior design, and explores what effect dialogues surrounding these transactions had on the standardisation of furniture production during this period. This study examines the role of pattern books and their readers; the construction of taste and style through negotiation; and daily interactions through showrooms and other services, to reveal the complexities of English material culture in a period of industrialisation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9780754669289
• ISBN-10: 0754669289
• Artikelnr.: 57047910

Autorenporträt

Akiko Shimbo is Professor in the Department of Architecture and Environment Systems, School of Systems Engineering and Science, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
Furniture design: sharing knowledge among craftspeople
Pattern books: communicating between producers and consumers
Forming taste and style: consumers' needs and participation
The showroom as mediator
Furniture repairs and services: building a clientele
Taste, state and the market: changing relationships between producers and consumers
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index.