Home

by Rybczynski, Witold

Walk through five centuries of homes both great and small—from the smoke-filled manor halls of the Middle Ages to today's Ralph Lauren-designed environments—on a house tour like no other, one that delightfully explicates the very idea of "home."

You'll see how social and cultural changes influenced styles of decoration and furnishing, learn the connection between wall-hung religious tapestries and wall-to-wall carpeting, discover how some of our most welcome luxuries were born of architectural necessity, and much more. Most of all, Home opens a rare window into our private lives—and how we really want to live.

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Soft-cover book "Home: A Short History of an Idea" - published by Penguin Books in 1987. Illustrations. Acceptable with underlining in the text, else, clean and tightly bound. "Full of delicious information ... makes us look around our rooms with fresh eyes." --- Maureen Howard, Vogue.
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