From Palaces to Pre-Fabs Pioneering British Women Interior Decorators and Designers - Artmonsky Arts

Although how we furnished our homes in the latter part of the 20th century was largely influenced by two men - Terence Conran of Habitat and Ingvar Kamprad of IKEA - a number of women attempted, in their various ways, to influence our taste when it came to how we lived. Early on were the Victorian/Edwardian women, often associated with the Suffragette movement who both designed and sold furniture. These were followed, after WWI, by others also breaking social rank - the society hostesses - totally untrained but full of confidence, and having their own 'interiors' admired, saw a way of supplementing their incomes by imposing their tastes on others. Meanwhile a few women were proselytising their concerns for well-crafted and designed products, through retail outlets from small financially precarious shops, to running part of the prestigious store, Heals. Wartime threw up an altogether more professional group - the 'doers' - those empowered to 'do it themselves' . Additionally there were a handful of professional furniture designers and another small groups looking to the design needs of the masses rather than the comfortably off. From Palaces to Pre-fabs sets out to restore the reputation of such women working in what was the largely male-dominated world of interior design.

ISBN:	9780993587849
Publisher:	Artmonsky Arts
Imprint:	Artmonsky Arts
Published date:	25 Oct 2017
DEWEY:	747.0820904
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	107
Weight:	320g
Height:	219mm
Width:	175mm
Spine width:	12mm

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