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The world of Biedermeier

Title: The world of Biedermeier / Linda Chase, Karl Kemp ; photography by Lois Lammerhuber.
Author: Chase, Linda, 1942-
Publication: New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson, 2001.

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416 pages : chiefly illustrations (all color); 33 cm

Summary

"The hundreds of color photographs by Lois Lammerhuber set a new standard for design and furniture photography. Linda Chase's engaging text, which includes interviews with leading experts and museum curators, is the most comprehensive account available of this influential and vital style." "Biedermeier furniture and interior design are recognized today as the first great flowering of haute bourgeois taste in interior decoration. Beginning in the early nineteenth century, these ideals in design were pursued by a wide range of society, from the Habsburgs and Hohenzollern to the middle class throughout Central Europe. The style ranges from celebrations of comfort, domestic intimacy, and practicality to highly embellished pieces designed for public display. Biedermeier's innate classicism, its often lyrical, yet elegant forms, have made it an influential inspiration that is truly timeless."--Jacket.

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Contents

History -- Vienna : the beginning -- The emergence of a style -- Berlin : Schinkel's realm -- Biedermeier today.

ISBN

0500510555
9780500510551

LCCN

2001087788

OCLC

ocm47677138
47677138
SCSB-9006915

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Princeton University Library