British Campaign Furniture: Elegance Under Canvas, 1790-1914 by Nicholas A....

British Campaign Furniture: Elegance Under Canvas, 1790-1914 by Nicholas A.... (image 1/1)
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BRITISH CAMPAIGN FURNITURE: ELEGANCE UNDER CANVAS 1740-1914 By NICHOLAS A. BRAWER SIGNED, 1ST EDITION A Little Bit About: Campaign furniture, designed to be folded up, packed, and carried on the march, has been used by traveling armies since the time of Julius Caesar, and even earlier. With the rise and expansion of the British Empire in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, as British gentlemen came to dominate the army, government, and commerce in colonies throughout the world, the finest British furniture makers produced for this new class of traveler some of the most stylish pieces of portable furniture ever made. Such renowned designers as Chippendale, Hepplewhite, and Sheraton competed to devise ever more elegant and ingenious “knock-down” chairs, tables, desks, bookcases, sofas, and beds, all in the height of fashion. Thus British officers and civilian gentlemen traveling to India, Africa, North America, and the South Seas could order complete suites of furniture for genteel life abroad.This groundbreaking book, the first ever devoted to this fascinating subject, describes and illustrates the remarkable furniture made for travel in the British Empire. It includes a history of British campaign furniture and of the social conditions that gave rise to a distinctive vision of gentlemanly life abroad, as well as discussions read more
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