Design and the Decorative Arts: Victorian Britain 1837-1901

This volume tells the story of design and the decorative arts in Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria. With an empire that embraced a fifth of the earth's land surface and a quarter of its people, Britain was the workshop of the world. London was rivalled only by Paris as a focus for international interest in design and the decorative arts and British products could be found across the globe, from museums and palaces to the living rooms of ordinary people. Vic... >Voir plus