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Cultural History of Furniture in the Age of Empire and Industry

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: Nineteenth-Century Textiles
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Eighteenth-Century Decorative Arts
Eighteenth-Century Domestic Life
Eighteenth-Century Furniture: Eighteenth-Century Textiles
Eighteenth-Century Houses
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Interior Design
Nineteenth-Century Decorative Arts
Nineteenth-Century Domestic Life
Nineteenth-Century Furniture: Nineteenth-Century Textiles
Nineteenth-Century Houses

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  • ISBN 9781350595729
  • Weight: 680g
  • Dimensions: 166 x 242mm
  • Publication Date: 08 Jan 2026
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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The 19th century in Western culture was a time of both confidence and turbulence. Industrial development produced a growing middle class as well as efficiency, convenience, and innovation across a range of fields from engineering to architecture. Alongside these improvements, the century began with the extended period of the Napoleonic Wars and was further disrupted by rebellions and revolutions both within Europe and in India, South America and other parts of the world. Slavery was abolished and urbanization increased dramatically.

These myriad developments were reflected throughout the period in the proliferation of types of furniture, along with their categorization as 'industrial art' at the international exhibitions and world fairs and the increasingly adventurous range of materials that were sometimes used in their construction. Nonetheless, a strong antiquarian/historicist strand also prompted interest in the revival of past styles in areas of art and design, including furniture.

Drawing upon a wealth of visual and textual sources, this volume of A Cultural History of Furniture presents essays that examine key characteristics of the furniture of the period on the themes of design and motifs; makers, making, and materials; types and uses; the domestic setting; the public setting; exhibition and display; furniture and architecture; visual representations; and verbal representations.
About

Catherine L. Futter is Director of Curatorial Affairs and Senior Curator of Decorative Arts, Brooklyn Museum, USA.

Christina M. Anderson is Principal Research Fellow, SELCS-CMII, University College London, UK.