Historical and Decorative Arts Interiors

Historical and Decorative Arts Interiors

Historical and decorative arts interiors are domestic spaces shaped by changing ideas about comfort, display, craftsmanship, and the arrangement of daily life. Victorian interiors and Chinoiserie provide different examples of the relationship between ornament, furniture, room proportions, and use. Period settings and later rooms that selectively reinterpret historical motifs express different connections between inherited decoration and the spaces people inhabit.

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Old Rooms, New Collections

Older furnishings can anchor a traditional room or become part of a more eclectic mixture. Vintage and maximalist interiors give collected objects different levels of visual prominence, connecting historical decoration with the continuing work of furnishing a home.

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