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Period Rooms in the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
by: Amelia Peck, James Parker, William Rieder, Olga Raggio, Mary B. Shepard, Annie-Christine Daskalakis Mathews, Danielle O. Kisluk-Grosheide, Wolfram Koeppe, Joan R. Mertens, Alfreda Murck and Wen C. Fong
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Dewey Decimal Number: 747.20747471
EAN: 9780810937444
ISBN: 0810937441
Label: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers
Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: August 01, 1996
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers
Studio: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
*Back in print*
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.
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.
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- Worth the price...In my opinion, this book is well worth having and a must for serious students of Interior Design and the Decorative Arts. Written in a scholarly fashion with beautiful photos, it is a marvelous resource affording the reader the opportunity to view period rooms in context. Arrived promptly in good condition, as described.
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- Beautiful book!This book is one of the most helpful architecture and furniture books I have found. The met has put together a wide variety of periods and locations to let us look into the rooms of times past. The pictures are stunning and the descriptions are very informative.
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