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Author Pardailhé-Galabrun, Annik.

Title The birth of intimacy : privacy and domestic life in early modern Paris / Annik Pardailhé-Galabrun ; translated by Jocelyn Phelps
Published Cambridge : Polity Press, [1991]
©1991

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Description xiv, 241 pages, 8]pages of plates : illustrations ; 24cm
Contents 1. Geographic location of households in Paris and its suburbs -- 2. A sample of the population of Paris -- 3. The Parisian home: from vertical to horizontal -- 4. Daily actions in the privacy of the home -- 5. Elements of convenience in the home -- 6. Home decoration -- 7. A look at spiritual and cultural life as seen through household objects
Notes Translation of: La naissance de l'intime
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [220]-229) and index
Subject Dwellings -- France -- Paris -- History.
House furnishings -- France -- Paris -- History.
Interior decoration -- France -- Paris -- History.
SUBJECT Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85098071
Paris (France) -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85098069
LC no. 56000693
ISBN 0745606938
Other Titles Naissance de l'intime. English