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Title The modern period room : the construction of the exhibited interior, 1870 to 1950 / edited by Penny Sparke, Brenda Martin and Trevor Keeble
Edition First edition
Published London : Routledge, 2006

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Description xii, 196 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contents The modern period room: a contradiction in terms? -- Interiors without walls: choice in context at MoDA -- Stopping the clock: the preservation and presentation of Linley Sambourne House, 18 Stafford Terrace -- The double life: the cultural construction of the exhibited interior in modern Japan -- The restoration of modern life: interwar houses on show in the Netherlands -- A man's house is his art: the Walker Art Center's Idea House Project and the marketing of domestic design 1941-1947 -- Domesticity on display: modelling the modern home in post-war Belgium (1945-1950) -- Kettles yard: Museum of Way of Life? -- Two Viennese refugees: Lucie Rie and her apartment -- The preservation and presentation of 2 Willow Road for the National Trust -- Photographs of a legacy: Dora Gordine and Dorich House
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Interior decoration -- History -- 19th century.
Interior decoration -- History -- 20th century.
Museum exhibits.
Period rooms.
Author Keeble, Trevor.
Martin, Brenda.
Sparke, Penny.
LC no. 2005029750
ISBN 0415374693 (hbk.)
0415374707 (paperback)
9780415374699 (hbk.)
9780415374705 (paperback)