The Invention of comfort sensibilities & design in early modern Britain & early America / [electronic resource] :
John E. Crowley.
- Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2001.
- xi, 361 p. : ill.
"Notes": p. 293-347. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Commodious comfort : hall and hearth, chamber and chimney -- Civil comfort : mansion houses -- Colonial comfort : vernacular and elegant options -- Decent comfort : candles and mirrors -- Convenient comfort : political economy -- Enlightened comfort : stoves and lamps -- Picturesque comfort : the cottage -- Healthy comfort : the piazza -- Gendered comfort : house design books.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Households--History.--United States Households--History.--Great Britain House furnishings--History.--United States House furnishings--History.--Great Britain
United States--Social life and customs. Great Britain--Social life and customs.