Period Rooms in The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Softcover
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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.
(This title was originally published in 1996/97.)
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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.
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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- PublisherMetropolitan Museum of Art
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0300194013
- ISBN 13 9780300194012
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages312
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