1st Edition
Furniture-Makers and Consumers in England, 1754–1851 Design as Interaction
By Akiko Shimbo
Copyright 2015
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
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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.... Read more
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.
Biography
Akiko Shimbo is Professor in the Department of Architecture and Environment Systems, School of Systems Engineering and Science, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan.
