The modern period room
Subtitle: the construction of the exhibited interior 1870 to 1950
By: edited by Penny Sparke, Brenda Martin and Trevor Keeble.
Contributors: Keeble, Trevor.; Martin, Brenda.; Sparke, Penny.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780415374699; 9780415374705; 9780203099612
Subjects: Period rooms; Interior decoration -- History -- 19th century; Interior decoration -- History -- 20th century; Museum exhibits
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-184) 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 1941-7; title: Domesticity on display : modelling the modern home in post-war Belgium, 1945-1950; title: Kettle's yard : museum or 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 at the Dorich House Museum.