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Language: en
Pages: 270
Pages: 270
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-01-11 - Publisher: Springer
'Luxury in the 18th Century' explores the political, economic, moral and intellectual effects of the production and consumption of luxury goods, and provides a
Language: en
Pages: 169
Pages: 169
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher: Getty Publications
Published to accompany an exhibition on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Apr. 26-Aug. 7, 2011, and at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Sept. 18-D
Language: en
Pages: 392
Pages: 392
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-06-30 - Publisher: OUP Oxford
In this book, Maxine Berg explores the invention, making, and buying of new, semi-luxury, and fashionable consumer goods during the eighteenth century. It follo
Language: en
Pages: 264
Pages: 264
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
The role and growth of the marchands merciers and the local and international trade in luxury items that developed in 18th century Paris is the subject of this
Language: en
Pages: 276
Pages: 276
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Manchester University Press
This volume charts the rise of consumer culture in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. Essays are included on France and Holland, but the focus is primar