English Interiors: A Pictorial Guide and Glossary - Tapa dura

Both agreeable to read and practical to use, this is an indispensable, easy-reference guide, fully illustrated throughout by the author. The comprehensive introduction traces the development of the English interior, from the fortified medieval house of AD 1300 to the streamlined modern apartment of the present day, and describes the social and political, artistic and technological factors which influenced and shaped its history. Sixteen characteristic, all-of-a-period room settings illustrate the historical account.

Doreen Yarwood is a scholar, historian and artist whose books illuminate the interdependence of the visual arts. She is the author of the fully illustrated, and highly successful, study The English Home, as well as The Architecture of Europe and other titles published in Britain, the United States and Japan, to considerable acclaim.