{"product_id":"great-irish-households-inventories-from-the-long-eighteenth-century-hardcover","title":"Great Irish Households: Inventories from the Long Eighteenth Century - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eToby Barnard\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eTessa Murdoch\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLeslie Fitzpatrick\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe value of inventories in charting how houses were arranged, furnished and used is now widely appreciated. Typically, the listings and valuations were occasioned by the death of an owner and the consequent need to deal with testamentary dispositions. That was not always so. The inventory for Castlecomer House, Co. Kilkenny, for example, was drawn up to make a claim following the house's devastation in the 1798 uprising. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMostly hitherto unpublished, the inventories chosen give new-found insights into the lifestyle and taste of some of the foremost families of the day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA comprehensive index facilitates access to the myriad items within the inventories, while the books listed at three of the houses are tentatively identified in separate appendices. A foreword, together with preambles to the inventories, sets the households in their historical context. The book will appeal to historians of interiors, patronage, collecting and material culture, as well as to scholars, curators, collectors, creative designers, film directors, bibliographers, lexicographers and historical novelists.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eToby Barnard\u003c\/b\u003e, FBA, is Emeritus Fellow in History at Hertford College, University of Oxford, and a specialist in the political, social and cultural histories of Ireland and England, c. 1600-1800. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeslie Fitzpatrick\u003c\/b\u003e is the former Samuel and M. Patricia Grober Associate Curator, European Decorative Arts, at the Art Institute of Chicago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTessa Murdoch\u003c\/b\u003e, FSA, is Research Curator, Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 436\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 10.7 x 8.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50407529545965,"sku":"9781898565178","price":124.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/great-irish-households-inventories-from-the-long-eighteenth-century-hardcover","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}