(Ebook free) British Campaign Furniture: Elegance Under Canvas, 1740-1914
❀ Nicholas A. Brawer ❀
| #1356394 in Books | Harry N. Abrams | 2001-04-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 11.25 x1.00 x9.00l,.0 | File Name: 0810957116 | 232 pages |
||2 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| A remarkable and detailed history|By JT, Book fan|This is one of the most amazing books on furniture I've ever encountered. The author includes history of the campaign furniture, uses, and personal references from historical letters and sources. The photos are really good because they show the assembled piece and folded or disassembled views. Advertisements and historical illu|.com |"The first axiom for camp is... do not make yourself uncomfortable for want of things to which you are accustomed," advised The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook in 1890 to high-born Brits living in India, most of which England had by that poin
The first-ever book on the suites of travelling furniture used by British soldiers over one-and-a-half centuries. For the travelling British soldier, campaign furniture - chairs, desks, and other items, brought the comfort and civility of home to life under canvas. Made to be carried on the march and assembled on site, campaign furniture reached an aesthetic apex in 18th- and 19th-century England.
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