Design & The Decorative Arts: Victorian Britain 1837 ~ 1907 by Michael Snodin & John Styles

Design & The Decorative Arts: Victorian Britain 1837 ~ 1901 by Michael Snodin & John Styles

This book tells the story of design and the decorative arts in Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria. Lavishly illustrated and unmatched in its coverage, this book explores design and the decorative arts from a number of points of view. It assesses their place in the wider history of Victorian Britain. It examines style, the question of how things looked. It asks who led taste; who decided what was to be considered beautiful, fashionable and desirable. It looks at how fashionable things - from houses to clothing - were used. It asks what was new, examining new products and innovations in the ways they were made. Together, the chapters provide a fascinating picture of design and the decorative arts in Victorian Britain along with over 300 color illustrations drawn mostly from the Museum's collections.

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