Approaches to household inventories and household furnishing, 1500-1650
Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Pearce, Michael
Date published
November 11, 2015
Abstract
Inventory texts are structured and patterned by social priorities as interesting as the artefacts described. Reconstructing those priorities leads to a better understanding of the significance of furnishing within architectural planning. This article presents the hall as central to the demonstration of inequality of wealth and power within sixteenth- and seventeenth-century elite domestic architecture and, using inventories which have not been closely examined before, identifies and explains the role of the key furnishings.
Journal title
Architectural Heritage
Volume
26
Issue
1
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
ISSN
1350-7524
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