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Indoor Joinery and Furniture Made for Eighteenth-Century Houses in Liège (Belgium)
Gilles, Isabelle
2016In Charruadas, Paulo; Fraiture, Pascale; Gautier, Patrice et al. (Eds.) From Carpentry to joinery : floors and ceilings, shutters and frames, doors and panelling in medieval and modern architecture
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Keywords :
architecture; joinery; Liège; furniture; eighteen century; menuiserie; mobilier; 18e siècle
Abstract :
[en] Though few eighteenth-century houses in Liège have conserved their original wooden furniture or fittings, archival research reveals that these elements constituted a key aspect of the domestic interior. The present work draws largely on a series of public announcements known as Rendages proclamatoires which concerned property belonging to orphans sold by public auction, that exist. From 1697 to 1765, these sources provided descriptions of 257 houses situated within the city walls. The wooden furniture and fittings of eighteenth-century Liegerian houses can clearly be seen to be pertain to far more than the sole history of joinery: they also tell the story of Liege’s domestic living spaces in terms of social structure and cultural change. As such they eloquently illustrate the fact that it is only by taking into account the Old Regime’s conception of architecture as a total entity that we can today work towards establishing an increasingly just, coherent and complete understanding of ancient edifices.
Disciplines :
Art & art history
Architecture
Author, co-author :
Gilles, Isabelle  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Bibliothèque ALPHA
Language :
English
Title :
Indoor Joinery and Furniture Made for Eighteenth-Century Houses in Liège (Belgium)
Alternative titles :
[fr] Menuiserie intérieure et mobilier par destination dans les maisons liégeoises du XVIIIe siècle
Publication date :
2016
Event name :
International study day : From carpentry to joinery : floors and ceilings, shutters and frames, doors and panelling, in medieval and modern architecture
Event organizer :
Institut royal du Patrimoine artistique - Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage
Event place :
Bruxelles, Belgium
Event date :
du 29 au 30 novembre 2013
Audience :
International
Main work title :
From Carpentry to joinery : floors and ceilings, shutters and frames, doors and panelling in medieval and modern architecture
Author, co-author :
Sosnowska, Philippe
Editor :
Charruadas, Paulo
Fraiture, Pascale
Gautier, Patrice
Piavaux, Mathieu
Publisher :
IRPA, Bruxelles, Belgium
Collection name :
Scientia Artis
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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