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Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table 1500-2005

Door Sarah Coffin

Categorie
Edelmetalen & Metalen
Boeknummer
#362738-AE9
Titel
Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table 1500-2005
Auteur
Coffin, Sarah
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
New York, NY : Assouline Publishing
Jaar van uitgave
2006
ISBN10
2843238455
ISBN13
9782843238451
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original blind stamped brown boards, dust jacket, illustrated with numerous (full page) colour photographs, 4to.
Samenvatting
"Eating is a social ritual, satisfying the needs of the body and building human relationships. For centuries, flatware and cutlery have served as extensions of our hands, enriching how we experience food and the act of eating. Knives, forks, and spoons are among our most intimate objects of daily use ; they come between hand and mouth, articulating the experience of dining. Accompanying a major exhibition at the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, 'Feeding Desire : Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005' explores the evolution, physical forms, and social meanings of eating utensils over the past five centuries. Seven original essays accompanied by over 200 full-color and black-and-white illustrations reveal changing ideas about food, fashion, decoration, mobilit... (Lees verder)y, hygiene, and consumption."--
Pagina's
284
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 25,00

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