Period Rooms in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series) - Hardcover

Peck, Amelia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300105223 ISBN 13: 9780300105223

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004

Synopsis

*Back in print*

In this classic book, readers can experience a grand tour through the history of interiors and interior design by viewing thirty-four spectacular period rooms in the Metropolitan Museum. From an ancient Roman bedroom excavated near Pompeii to a Louis XVI grand salon from eighteenth-century Paris to the Frank Lloyd Wright Room in the American Wing, these popular galleries can now be viewed at all times through the book’s beautiful color photographs and accessible explanatory text.

About this title

About the Author:

Amelia Peck is Marcia F.Vilcek Curator of American Decorative Arts at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. She was the author of the original edition of American Quilts & Coverlets in The Metropolitan Museum of Art and has written several titles on historical architecture, including CANDACE WHEELER: THE ART AND ENTERPRISE OF AMERICAN DESIGN, 1875-1900 (2001) and PERIOD ROOMS IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART (2004).

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Period Rooms in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this edition

• Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0300105223
• ISBN 13: 9780300105223
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 312