Author: Michael Snodin & John Styles

Publisher/Date: V&A/Abrams, 2004, 1st softcover

Format/Condition: NEW oversized softcover book with French flaps, 168 pages, profusely illustrated in color. Measures 10×11 ¼ inches.

Description: “Georgian” has come to define a period characterized by elegance and refinement, as seen here in the work of designers such as Thomas Chippendale, Robert Adam, Thomas Sheraton, and Josiah Wedgwood.

One volume of the three-volume series which tells the story of design and the decorative arts in Britain from 1500—the start of the Tudor reign, when Britain played only a peripheral role in the affairs of Europe, and relied on the craftsmanship of the Continent for fine items—to 1900, when Victoria ruled a fifth of the globe, and Britain had become the workshop of the world. The books, produced under the auspices of the Victoria and Albert Museum and authored by museum curators, are heavily illustrated with captioned color photographs of locations, interiors, and objects, as well as reproductions of period art, engraving, and photos. They include a chronology, bibliography, and index. .