Comfort in the Eighteenth-Century Country House e-bog
348,37 DKK
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Country houses were grand statements of power and status, but they were also places where people lived. This book traces the changes in layout, the new technologies, and the innovations in furniture that made them more convenient and comfortable. It argues that these material changes were just one aspect of comfort in the country house: feeling comfortable was just as important as being comfort...
E-bog
348,37 DKK
Forlag
Routledge
Udgivet
21 september 2021
Længde
308 sider
Genrer
1D
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781000438741
Country houses were grand statements of power and status, but they were also places where people lived. This book traces the changes in layout, the new technologies, and the innovations in furniture that made them more convenient and comfortable. It argues that these material changes were just one aspect of comfort in the country house: feeling comfortable was just as important as being comfortable. Achieving this involved the comfort and solace to be found in daily routines, religious faith and, above all, relationships with family and friends. Such emotional comforts, and the attachment to things and places that embodied and memorialized them, made country houses into homes.