Recently published a chapter and introduction to Bloomsbury Cultural History of Color
Color in aretefacts
In the eighteenth century, domestic space was fashioned, inhabited, structured and performed through the concepts ofhabitus and figuration. The furniture and furnishings that were bought and used expressed habitus or the unarticulated but experienced symbols of life. The figuration…
Recenty published a chapter in Cultural History of Home for Bloomsbury 2021
Chapter on Furniture 1650-1800
In the eighteenth century, domestic space was fashioned, inhabited, structured and performed through the concepts of habitus and figuration. The furniture and furnishings that were bought and used expressed habitus or the unarticulated but experienced symbols of life. The fig…
Bloomsury have just published a Cultural History of Furnture. My contrbution was for voiume 6 (See below)
Volume 6: A Cultural History of Furniture in the Modern Age Edited by Claire I. R. O’Mahony, University of Oxford, UK
1. Design and Motifs, Trevor Keeble
2. Makers, Making, and Materials, Antony Buxton 3. Types and Uses, Marjan Groot
4. The Dom…
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7246 |
GATELEG TABLE Stamped “COLLINSON & LOCK LONDON 7246” Size: n/a |
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7265 |
CENTRE TABLE Rosewood octagonal centre table with moulded edge, raised on eight turned and shaped tapering legs. Eight arched stretchers and eight ‘spokes’ joined to a central pendant. The legs terminate with br… |
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5793 |
CHAIRS A pair of rosewood spindle back chairs with turned ring decoration and padded seats. Stamped “COLLINSON & LOCK LONDON 5793”. Size: 83 x 48 x 49 cm |
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5832 |
CENTRE TABLE Octagonal centre table with moulded edge, raised on eight turned and shaped tapering legs. Eight arched stretch… |
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Description Size: height x width x depth
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103 |
WALL CABINET A mahogany hanging cabinet with two glazed doors. with incised scrollwork swan neck pediment with dentil moulding below. Open shelves to the centre and to the base, with canted glazed cabinets to each side with brass pull handles t… |