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Women's creativity and display in the eighteenth-century British domestic interior

Resource type
Book chapter
Creator (person)
Sharp, Katherine
Date published
August 2004
Abstract
The piece examines the reasons for the rise and the decline of female decorative pursuits, which peaked in both range and creativity in the 18th-century; and how they were linked to the intellectual opportunities which were opening up to elite women at that time.
Book title
Interior Design and Identity
Editor
McKellar, Susie
Sparke, Penny
Pagination
10-26
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Place of publication
Manchester, UK
Official URL
https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9780719067297/#
Rights statement
In Copyright
Keywords
cut paper
Curation & Experience
grotto
shells
Mrs Delany
needlework
A la Ronde
feathers
craft
painting
Devon
South West
Mrs Powys
closet
cabinet
shell work
collecting
women
Collection
Conservation & Curation
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