The age of comfort : when Paris discovered casual--and the modern home began /: when Paris discovered casual--and the modern home began. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Joan DeJean.
• Other Names: DeJean, Joan E
• Contents: A short history of modern comfort -- An architecture of comfort -- The bathroom -- The flush toilet -- Heating -- Easy seats -- Convenience furniture -- 1735 : architect-designed seating begins -- The original interior decorators and the comfortable room -- The bedroom -- The boudoir -- Dressing for comfort -- The fabric of their lives -- The comfortable body -- Coda : l'art de vivre.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (295 pages, [8] pages of plates), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 306.4/812; Regional & national history; Design; Design -- Human factors; Human comfort; Interior architecture; Architecture -- History -- General; Architecture -- Interior Design -- General; Interior design, decor & style guides; Design -- France -- Paris -- History -- 17th century; Design -- France -- Paris -- History -- 18th century; Design -- Human factors -- France -- Paris; Interior architecture -- France -- Paris -- History -- 17th century; Interior architecture -- France -- Paris -- History -- 18th century; Human comfort -- France -- Paris; Innenarchitektur; Wohnkultur; France -- Paris; Frankreich; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781608191352; 1608191354
• Related ISBNs: 9781596914056; 159691405X; 160819230X; 9781608192304
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.