Between Luxury and the Everyday

Katie Scott is Reader at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London.Deborah Cherry teaches at University of the Arts, London and is editor of Art History.

• 1. Introduction: Image-Object-Space (Katie Scott). 2. Decorating Knowledge: The Ornamental Book, the Philosophic Image and the Naked Truth (Mary Sheriff).3. The Encyclopédie and the Idea of the Decorative Arts (Elisabeth Lavezzi).4. The Marriage of Art and Commerce: Philippe de Lasalle’s Success in Silk (Lesley Ellis Miller).5. Regeneration Through the Everyday? Clothing, Architecture and Furniture in Revolutionary Paris (Leora Auslander).6. Framing Ambition: The Interior Politics of Mme de Pompadour (Katie Scott).7. Inside/Interiors: Chardin’s Images of the Family (René Démoris).Notes on Contributors.Index.

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