Collinson & Lock av Clive Edwards

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<p>Victorian furnishers and decorators Collinson & Lock were a model of the art furniture business of the last quarter of the nineteenth century. This book is the first wide-ranging study of this once highly important company. It will give insights into the workings and productions of a London furnishing business in the period. It also provides information on a wide variety of topics including furniture design developments, interior design styles, business practices, working practices and techniques, and the firm¿s customers and competitors.<br><br>Clive Edwards first considers the structure of the London ¿art furniture¿ trade and its development to locate the firm in its community. He then traces the growth of the firm¿s business, its involvement with important international exhibitions, the designers they worked with, and the furniture and interiors they produced.<br><br>This important book then outlines and discusses Collinson & Lock¿s creations ranging from seminal pieces that were