A cultural history of furniture / edited by Christina M. Anderson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Volume 1. A cultural history of furniture in antiquity / edited by Dimitra Andrianou -- Volume 2. A cultural history of furniture in the Middle Ages and Renaissance / edited by Erin J. Campbell and Stephanie R. Miller -- Volume 3. A cultural history of furniture in the Age of Exploration / edited by Christina M. Anderson and Elizabeth Carroll -- Volume 4. A cultural history of furniture in Age of Enlightenment / edited by Sylvain Cordier -- Volume 5. A cultural history of furniture in the Age of Empire and Industry / edited by Christina M. Anderson and Catherine L. Futter -- Volume 6. A cultural history of furniture in the Modern Age / edited by Claire R. O'Mahony.

"A Cultural History of Furniture presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes spans 4,500 years of furniture in its physical, social and cultural context. Each volume discusses the same themes in its nine chapters: Designs and Motifs; Makers, Making and Materials; Types and Uses; the Domestic Setting; the Public Setting; Exhibition and Display; Furniture and Architecture; Visual Representations; and Verbal Representations"-- Provided by publisher.

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