Culture & comfort : parlor making and middle-class identity, 1850-1930 / Katherine C. Grier.
By: Grier, Katherine C
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Contributor(s): Grier, Katherine C. Culture & comfort.
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BookPublisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997Description: xii, 267 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1560987154 (cloth : alk. paper); 1560987162 (pbk. : alk. paper).Other title: Culture and comfort [Spine title].Subject(s): Material culture -- United States | Living rooms -- United States -- History | Upholstery -- United States -- History | Middle class -- United States -- History | United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century | United States -- Social life and customs -- 1865-1918 | United States -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945DDC classification: 392.36
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Tracing the fortunes of the parlor from its early incarnations in "palace" hotels and steamships through its heyday in the mid-nineteenth century to its metamorphosis into the modern living room, Katherine C. Grier shows how the parlor's appointments reflected the self-image of the Victorian middle class.
Revised and slightly condensed version of Culture & comfort. Rochester, N.Y. : Strong Museum, c1988.
Includes bibliographical references and index.