The Modern Period Room

In this volume leading scholars from a broad range of disciplines present illustrated essays towards a new take on the presentation of twentieth century show interiors.

Contributors Biographies List of Figures Preface Introduction 1. The Modern Period Room - A Contradiction in Terms? 2. Interiors Without Walls: Choice in Context at MoDA 3. Stopping the Clock: The Preservation and Presentation of Linley Sambourne House, 18 Stafford Terrace 4. The Double Life: The Cultural Construction of the Exhibited Interior in Modern Japan 5. The Restoration of Modern Life: Interwar Houses on Show in the Netherlands 6. 'A Man's House is his Art': The Walker Art Center's Idea House Project and the Marketing of Domestic Design 1941-1947 7. Domesticity on Display: Modelling the Modern Home in Post-War Belgium (1945-1950) 8. Kettles Yard: Museum of Way of Life? 9. Two Viennese Refugees: Lucie Rie and her Apartment 10. The Preservation and Presentation of 2 Willow Road for the National Trust 11. Photographs of a Legacy: Dora Gordine and Dorich House Index Bibliography