Parlor Making and Middle-Class Identity, 1850-1930
by
Katherine Grier
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
In Culture and Comfort Katherine C. Grier shows how the design and furnishings of the mid-nineteenth century parlor reflected the self-image of the Victorian middle class. Parlors provided public facades for formal occasions and represented an attempt to resolve the often opposing ideals of gentility...