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Feeding desire : design and the tools of the table, 1500-2005

Title
Feeding desire : design and the tools of the table, 1500-2005 / Sarah D. Coffin [and others].
Publication
New York : Assouline [in association with] Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, 2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Coffin, Sarah.
  • Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
  • COPIA: American Center for Wine, Food, and the Arts.
Description
288 pages : illustrations (some color); 32 cm
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Note
  • "Published on the occasion of the exhibition ... at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, May 5-October 29, 2006; ... also on view at COPIA: The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts, Napa, California, Januray 26-April 30, 2007"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-[285]) and index.
Contents
Introduction / Barbara Bloemink -- Historical Overview / Sarah D. Coffin -- Manufacturing and Marketing in Europe, 1600-2000 / Philippa Glanville -- The Sexual Politics of Cutlery / Carolin C. Young -- Implements of Eating / Darra Goldstein -- The Design of Table Tools and the Effect of Form on Etiquette and Table Setting / Suzanne von Drachenfels -- The Proliferation of Cutlery and Flatware Designs in Nineteenth-century America / Jennifer Goldsborough -- Modern Flatware and the Design of Lifestyle / Ellen Lupton.
ISBN
  • 2843238471 (pbk)
  • 2843238455 (hardcover)
OCLC
  • ocm70132143
  • SCSB-5274905
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries