Design & the Decorative Arts Tudor and Stuart Britain 1500-1714

by Snodin, Michael; Styles, John

• ISBN13: 9780810966178
• ISBN10: 0810966174
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-08
• Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum

Summary

Highlights include exquisitely carved and inlaid Jacobean furniture, including the famous bed of Ware; Mortlake tapestries and other luxurious textiles; and the architecture of Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 6
Notes for Readers	p. 6
Foreword	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
Tudor and Stuart Monarchs, 1485-1714	p. 16
Britain and Its Rulers, 1485-1714	p. 22
England Overseas, 1500 and 1689	p. 30
Style	p. 33
'Renaissance': Classical or Gothic?	p. 44
Jacobean Extravagance	p. 50
'The Great Bed of Ware'	p. 54
The Baroque in England	p. 62
Who Led Taste?	p. 71
The Court of Henry VIII	p. 78
Prints as Sources for Design	p. 84
The Early Stuart Court	p. 88
The Melville Bed	p. 96
Fashionable Living	p. 101
Great House Layouts	p. 104
Textiles for the Home	p. 114
Lord and Lady Clapham	p. 120
What Was New?	p. 127
Skills from Europe, 1500-1600	p. 132
John Dwight	p. 134
Goods from the Indies	p. 140
The Book	p. 148
Silverwares	p. 154
Chronology of Events and Publications	p. 160
Select Bibliography	p. 162
Picture Credits	p. 164
Index	p. 165
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