Liberty and Co. in the Fifties and Sixties: a Taste for Design
A Taste for Design
$43.90
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
16 December 2015
Summary
Over the years since its inception in 1875 as the Oriental Emporium, Liberty’s has both been at the forefront of fashion and the decorative arts and has sat comfortably riding on its waves. Its history is at the heart of its image to the outside world. In the fifties, Liberty’s tried to subvert this image, but subsequently embraced it wholeheartedly in the following decade. Liberty’s beginnings are well-known and most historians of the decorative arts will agree that the company had a signifi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781851498147 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1851498141 |
| Author: | Anna Buruma |
| Publisher: | Acc Art Books |
| Imprint: | ACC Editions |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 16 December 2015 |
| Weight: | 826g |
| Dimensions: | 123mm x 323mm x 286mm |
About The Author
Anna Buruma
Anna Buruma trained as a theater designer at Central School of Art & Design. She worked in the theater and later as a costume designer for television and film. She later studied the history of dress at the Courtauld Institute. She works as a free-lance researcher and has been the archivist at Liberty since 2005.
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