Period Rooms in The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Amelia Peck, James Parker, William Rieder, Olga Raggio, Mary B. Shepard, Annie-Christine Daskalakis Mathews, Danielle O. Kisluk-Grosheide, Wolfram Koeppe, Joan R. Mertens, Alfreda Murck & Wen C. Fong
Photography by Karin L. Willis
4to. pp. 312. 289 illustrations - 219 in colour. glossary. index. hardcover. dw. (fine condition). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Harry N. Abrams, [1996].
ISBN-10: 0300105223 / ISBN-13: 9780300105223
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In this classic book, readers can experience a grand tour through the history of interiors and interior design by viewing thirty-four spectacular period rooms in the Metropolitan Museum. From an ancient Roman bedroom excavated near Pompeii to a Louis XVI grand salon from eighteenth-century Paris to the Frank Lloyd Wright Room in the American Wing, these popular galleries can now be viewed at all times through the book’s beautiful color photographs and accessible explanatory text.