Warm and Snug
The History of the Bed
This is a well-researched and entertaining book. Ranging from a Neolithic stone bed unearthed at Skara Brae in the Orkney Islands to the bed from Tutankhamen's tomb c.1350BC; from stark Anglo-Saxon to ornate early Renaissance beds and the elaborate State bedchambers of kings, this book is lavishly illustrated throughout. Marvel at the lacquered and gilt mid-18th century bed by Chippendale in his Chinese period, and his design for one with such an elaborate and overpowering superstructure that the bed itself looks like a small cushion, at complex wardrobe beds and revolutionary American metal folding beds. Interwoven in the narrative is the hi…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-7509-3728-3
- EAN: 9780750937283
- Produktnummer: 9942959
- Verlag: The History Press Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 372 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B13.6 cm x D2.8 cm 388 g
- Auflage: New ed
- Gewicht: 388
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
Lawrence Wright was a well-known architectural painter and he exhibited paintings, etchings and perspectives of contemporary buildings for many years at the Royal Academy and at the Guildhall Art Gallery. He was also a designer of historical exhibitions and from these developed his books, Warm and Snug, Clean and Decent (a history of the bathroom and water closet) and Home Fires Burning, a history.
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