Creations of Domestic Tastes: Portières in the American Interior, 1876-1910
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Skinner, Kristen
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This thesis examines portière designs found in journal and newspaper articles aimed at American middle-class domestic women during the height of the Aesthetic Movement to the end of its major influence in the United States. These designs illustrate a popular artistic style influenced by Aestheticism and high-style works and taste literature, and a distinction is needed between such popular artistic style and high-style artistic design in contemporary scholarship.
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Portières, Nineteenth century, Interiors, United States, Publications