An historical survey of case studies from the 1700s up to the twenty-first century, this book sheds light on the personal lives and interiors of different periods. The question being - what can these insights offer design and architectural historians? This anthology of texts details the range of methodological problems that emerge when such sources are used to deduce facts about the experience and performance of everyday life in history. It also reveals the ways in which practitioners also utilise such personal and collective histories to shape their work.
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