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The Encyclopedia of Interior Design - Hardback 2 vols
The Encyclopedia of Interior Design , with more than 500 illustrated entries, provides a history of decoration and design from ancient times to the present day. 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. Style and topic entries contain an identifying headnote, a guide to main collections, a list of secondary sources, and a signed critical essay.

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From ancient Greece to Frank Lloyd Wright, studiola to smoking rooms, chimney boards to cocktail cabinets, and papier-mâché 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.

  • Hardcover: 1600 pages
  • Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (1 May 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1884964192
  • ISBN-13: 978-1884964190
  • Product Dimensions: 28.6 x 22.9 x 9.4 cm
  • Condition : very good
"An indispensable reference work covering all principal developments in interior design throughout the ages." - The Art Book Survey "This project is unique and new. . . . A must purchase for large public and academic libraries." - Reference Books Bulletin "The Encyclopedia of Interior Design will swiftly become the kind of book we cannot imagine ourselves without." - Architectural Review "The organization and content make this well worth its price . . ." - American Reference Books Annual "However, after weighing all the pluses and minuses, the Encyclopedia of Interiror Design emerges as a valuable and worthwhile addition to general reference collections, as well as to museum, academic, school and public libraries serving the art community." - Art Documentation "For academic and large public libraries... all interior design and architecture collections as well as large public libraries are well advised to purchase." - Library Journal "Enthusiastically recommended for all undergraduate library collections." - Choice "Interior design has long needed an encyclopedia of this depth and quality to complement its dictionary." - Rettig on Reference "... the encyclopedia is especially useful for its careful attention to every type of room including boudoirs , offices, billiard rooms, nurseries and parlours." - Refer "This project is unique and new; until now, existing literature consisted of dictionnaries of individuals or objects, and technical manuals. Large public and academic libraries must purchase." - Booklist "I draw here on an excellent 1,700-word essay on `Lace` by Pat Earnshaw, one of 197 contributors to this massive two-volume encyclopedia." - Reference Reviews "Well illustrated in black and white throughout, and with a good index, the Encyclopedia will swiftly become the kind of book which we cannot imagine ourselves without." - The Architectural Review "... this is a useful and readable book with a scope that should attract readers from far outside the narrow confines of interior design." - The Times Literary Supplement "This book does not deserve a review, it deserves a standing ovation. Everyone who works on the history of craft , design or architecture should be grateful to the authors for what they have accomplished and for the future research that will be so greatly aided by their work." - Crafts
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