Research Catalog

Title

The Edwardian house : the middle-class home in Britain, 1880-1914 / Helen C. Long.

Author

Long, Helen C., 1958-

Publication

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York, NY, USA : Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, ©1993.

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Details

Description

xv, 208 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm.

Summary

Illustrates how Edwardian houses were built, how they were used, and what they meant at the time.

Series Statement

Studies in design and material culture

Uniform Title

Studies in design and material culture.

Subject

• 1800-1999
• Geschichte 1880-1914
• Architecture, Domestic > Great Britain
• Architecture, Edwardian > Great Britain
• Interior decoration > Great Britain > History > 19th century
• Interior decoration > Great Britain > History > 20th century
• Architecture, Domestic
• Architecture, Edwardian
• Interior decoration
• Manners and customs
• Haus
• Hausbau
• Mittelstand
• Wohnen
• Interieurkunst
• Middenklassen
• Woningen
• Architecture domestique > Grande-Bretagne
• Décoration intérieure > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle
• Décoration intérieure > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle
• Great Britain > Social life and customs > 19th century
• Great Britain > Social life and customs > 20th century
• Great Britain
• Großbritannien

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The origins of the Edwardian house (The dissemination of taste ; Homes and gardens ; Middle-class suburbs ; Landowners and building trades) -- The houses (Exteriors ; Lighting, heating and plumbing ; Fireplaces ; Doors and doorways ; Windows ; Ceilings and cornices ; Walls and floors ; Stairways ; Fitted furniture).

ISBN

• 071903728X
• 9780719037283
• 0719037298
• 9780719037290

LCCN

93014634

OCLC

• ocm27339570
• 27339570
• SCSB-1993345

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library