The modern period room
Subtitle: the construction of the exhibited interior 1870 to 1950
By: edited by Trevor Keeble, Brenda Martin and Penny Sparke.
Contributors: Keeble, Trevor.; Martin, Brenda.; Sparke, Penny.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Period rooms.; Interior decoration -- History -- 19th century.; Interior decoration -- History -- 20th century.; Museum exhibits.
Description: This collection of essays considers the interiors of the modern era and their reconstructions from different viewpoints. Exploring themes and examples by prestigious architects, the book reveals the specific coding of presented interior spaces.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The modern period room: a contradiction in terms?; title: Interiors without walls: choice in context at MoDA; title: Stopping the clock: the preservation and presentation of Linley Sambourne House, 18 Stafford Terrace; title: The double life: the cultural construction of the exhibited interior in modern Japan; title: The restoration of modern life: interwar houses on show in the Netherlands; title: A man's house is his art: the Walker Art Center's Idea House Project and the marketing of domestic design 1941-1947; title: Domesticity on display: modelling the modern home in post-war Belgium (1945-1950); title: Kettles yard: Museum of Way of Life?; title: Two  Viennese refugees: Lucie Rie and her apartment; title: The preservation and presentation of 2 Willow Road for the National Trust; title: Photographs of a legacy: Dora Gordine and Dorich House.