Joan R. Mertens

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Period Rooms in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Joan R. Mertens; James Parker; Wen C. Fong; Alfreda Murck; William Rieder; Olga Rggio; Mary B. Shephard; Annie-Christine Daskalakis Mathews; Danielle O. Kisluk-Grosheide; Wolfram Koeppe

Synopsis:
Now for the first time, thirty-five spectacular installations from the period rooms at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York can be seen in book form, offering a superbly photographed grand tour through the history of interiors. An introduction explains the concept of period rooms at the museum and how they have been developed, installed, and furnished over the past 100 years. Each room is then depicted both in color photographs and in lively narrative descriptions that include fascinating information about the original room from which the museum's example is derived, the individuals who commissioned them and carried out the decoration, and the era that the room represents.

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Other editions: Softcover - 2010, Hardcover - 2007, Hardcover - 2004, 2004, Hardcover - 2000, Hardcover - 1987, Softcover - 1987, 1977