The scrubbers and arrangers, of course, were Theirĭomestic arrangements were child-oriented and centered on well-scrubbed, Window curtains and the double-hung, openable window, also invented-orĪt the very least developed-the idea of the family home. Madame de Pompadour, "that great bourgeoise,' was responsibleįor decreasing the scale of the then mammoth furniture at Versailles byĮncouraging the court's interest in "the small, the precious,Īnd the intimate.' The seventeenth-century Dutch, who invented Intimacy and ease-components of domestic comfort that Rybczynski saysĮvolved slowly in Western Europe, in tandem with bourgeois culture. Who notes that the very word "comfort' did not have its But we make thatĪssumption from a privileged place in history, according to Rybczynski, Together furnishings or plan the layout for a home. We assume comfort ought to be a priority when designers put Is no longer about ease, leisure, or, if truth be told, about It is about many things, this chair, but it "Let's get this sitting over with and get back to something "the Rococo chair invites conversation, and the Victorian chair
Twentieth-century chair offer us?' he asks. Your lodgment like a smacked croquet ball. Your gestures too bold, watch out: you're likely to shoot from As for Mies van der Rohe's chairs or theĮames's famous leather lounger, if your garments are too smooth or Sitting in one of Marcel Breuer's Wassily chairs, saysĬanadian architect Witold Rybczynski, is like entrusting your bones toĪn exercise machine. APA style: Home: a short history of an idea.Home: a short history of an idea." Retrieved from MLA style: "Home: a short history of an idea." The Free Library.
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