Hints on Household Taste in Furniture, Upholstery, and Other Details

This highly illustrated 1868 work on interior design gives a fascinating insight into the late Victorian taste for the medieval.

Charles Locke Eastlake (Author)

9781108075343, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 6 November 2014

334 pages, 76 b/w illus. 14 colour illus.
21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.43 kg

Later recognised for his work in interior and furniture design, Charles Locke Eastlake (1833–1906) had shown early promise in making architectural drawings, and he was awarded a silver medal in 1854 by the Royal Academy. His passion for Gothic style developed during a tour of Europe in the late 1850s, and his History of the Gothic Revival (1872) is also reissued in this series. Focusing on interior design, the present work was published in 1868 and influenced the style of later nineteenth-century 'Modern Gothic' furniture. It contains many illustrations of Eastlake's own designs for furniture, tiles and wallpaper, including colour plates which can be viewed online at www.cambridge.org/9781108075343. The book moves from the street into the home and then from room to room, finishing with chapters on crockery, cutlery, glassware, and dress and jewellery. It gives a fascinating insight into the late Victorian taste for the medieval, also fostered by the Arts and Crafts movement.

Preface
Introduction
1. Street architecture
2. The entrance hall
3. The dining-room
4. The floor and the wall
5. The library
6. The drawing-room
7. Wall furniture
8. The bedroom
9. Crockery
10. Table glass
11. Dress and jewellery
12. Plate and cutlery
Index.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]