Mechanical Brides: Women and Machines from Home to Office by Ellen Lupton
4to. pp. 65. profusely illustrated. chronology. bibliography. paperback (near fine - back cover creased in upper corner). New York: Cooper-Hewitt, National Museum of Design Smithsonian Institution & Princeton Architectural Press, 1993.
Published in conjunction with an exhibition.
ISBN-10: 1878271970 / ISBN-13: 9781878271976
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During the 20th century, the marketing of domestic appliances and office machines has been directed primarily toward women. Mechanical Brides examines this phenomenon through extensive graphics (advertisements, catalog pages, photographs) and analytical text.