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The invention of comfort : sensibilities & design in early modern Britain & early America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crowley, John E., 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2001]
Subjects:
Households > United States > History.
Households > Great Britain > History.
House furnishings > United States > History.
House furnishings > Great Britain > History.
United States > Social life and customs.
Great Britain > Social life and customs.
Table of Contents:
  • Commodious comfort : hall and hearth, chamber and chimney
  • Civil comfort : mansion houses
  • Colonial comfort : vernacular and elegant options
  • Decent comfort : candles and mirrors
  • Convenient comfort : political economy
  • Enlightened comfort : stoves and lamps
  • Picturesque comfort : the cottage
  • Healthy comfort : the piazza
  • Gendered comfort : house design books.