A taste for luxury in early modern Europe : display, acquisition and boundaries /: display, acquisition and boundaries. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Johanna Ilmakunnas and Jon Stobart.
• Other Names: Ilmakunnas, Johanna 1974- editor of compilation.; Stobart, Jon 1966- editor of compilation.
• Contents: Display, Acquisition and Boundaries of Luxury and Taste / Johanna Ilmakunnas (University of Helsinki, Finland) and Jon Stobart (University of Northampton, UK) -- Part I: Displaying Taste and Luxury -- 1. The Fabric of a Corporate Society : Sumptuary Laws, Social Order and Propriety in Early Modern Tallinn / Astrid Pajur (Uppsala University, Sweden) -- 2. New and Old Luxuries Between the Court and the City : A Comparative Perspective on Material Cultures in Brussels and Antwerp, 1650-1735 / Bruno Blondé and Veerle de Laet (University of Antwerp, Belgium) -- 3. Luxury and Taste in Eighteenth-Century Naples : Representations, Ideas and Social Practices at the Intersection Between the Global and the Local / Alida Clemente (University of Foggia, Italy) -- 4. What About the Moorish Footman? : Portrait of a Dutch Nabob as a Dedicated Follower of Fashion / Yme Kuiper (University of Groningen, Netherlands) -- 5. Fashion and Luxury in Eighteenth-Century Germany / Michael North (University of Greifswald, Germany) -- Part II: Making and Acquiring Taste -- 6. Taste Inequalities in the Art Consumption of Prince Nicolaus Esterházy "the Magnificent" / Kristof Fatsar (Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary) -- 7. Making an English Country House : Taste and Luxury in the Furnishing of Stoneleigh Abbey, 1763-1765 / Jon Stobart (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) -- 8. Between the Exotic and the Everyday : Sabine Winn at Home 1765-1798 / Kerry Bristol (University of Leeds, UK) -- 9. Books, Wine and Fine China : Consumption Patterns of a Brukspatron in Early Nineteenth-Century Sweden / Marie Steinrud (Stockholm University, Sweden) -- 10. To Buy a Plate : Retail and Shopping for Porcelain and Faience in Stockholm During the Eighteenth Century / Sofia Murhem and Göran Ulväng (Uppsala University, Sweden) -- Part III: Crossing Boundaries of Taste and Luxury -- 11. A Taste for French Style in Bourbon Spain : Food, Drink and Clothing in 1740s Madrid / Nadia Fernández-de-Pinedo (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain) and Corinne Thépaut-Cabasset (Victoria & Albert Museum, UK and Château de Versailles, France) -- 12. French Fashions : Aspects of Elite Lifestyle in Eighteenth-Century Sweden / Johanna Ilmakunnas (University of Helsinki, Finland) -- 13. English Luxuries in Nineteenth-Century Vyborg / Ulla Ijäs (University of Helsinki, Finland) -- 14. Luxury Goods Beyond Boundaries : The Parisian Market During the Terror / Natacha Coquery (University of Lyon 2, France).
• Publisher Details: London New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 940.2; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Luxuries -- Europe -- History; Aesthetics -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History; Material culture -- Europe -- History; Consumption (Economics) -- Europe -- History; Social status -- Europe -- History; HISTORY / Europe / General; HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century; HISTORY / Social History; HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century; Aesthetics -- Social aspects; Consumption (Economics); Economic history; Luxuries; Manners and customs; Material culture; Social status; HISTORY / Europe / Western; Social & cultural history; History -- Europe -- General; History -- Modern -- 18th Century; History -- Social History; History -- Modern -- 19th Century; European history; Europe -- History -- 1648-1789; Europe -- History -- 1789-1815; Europe -- Social life and customs; Europe -- Economic conditions; Europe; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474258258; 1474258255
• Related ISBNs: 9781474258234; 1474258239; 9781474258241
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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