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The Age of Comfort: When Paris Discovered Casual—and the Modern Home Began

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This remarkable history of late-seventeenth- and early-eighteenth-century France introduces the age when comfort became a new ideal. Home life, formerly characterized by stiff formality, was revolutionized by the simultaneous introduction of the sofa , the original living rooms, and the very concept of private bedrooms and bathrooms, with far-reaching effects on the way people lived and related to one another. DeJean highlights the revolutionary ideas-and the bold personalities behind them-that fomented change in the home and beyond, providing new insight into the household habits and creature comforts we often take for granted.

Language: English

Pages: 304

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Release: September 06, 2010

ISBN: 160819230X

ISBN 13: 9781608192304

The Age of Comfort: When Paris Discovered Casual—and the Modern Home Began

3.9/5 ( ratings)

This remarkable history of late-seventeenth- and early-eighteenth-century France introduces the age when comfort became a new ideal. Home life, formerly characterized by stiff formality, was revolutionized by the simultaneous introduction of the sofa , the original living rooms, and the very concept of private bedrooms and bathrooms, with far-reaching effects on the way people lived and related to one another. DeJean highlights the revolutionary ideas-and the bold personalities behind them-that fomented change in the home and beyond, providing new insight into the household habits and creature comforts we often take for granted.

Language: English

Pages: 304

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Release: September 06, 2010

ISBN: 160819230X

ISBN 13: 9781608192304

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