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The eighteenth-century home, in terms of its structure, design, function, and furnishing, was a site of transformation – of spaces, identities, and practices.

'Luxury in the 18th Century' explores the political, economic, moral and intellectual effects of the production and consumption of luxury goods, and provides a

A history of the upholstery trade in Britain over 300 years, this text surveys the changing styles that affected this art form, the craftsmen who made the furni

From the earliest times, people have striven to turn their houses into homes through the use of decoration and furnishings, stimulating in turn a major commerci