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A study of modern history
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lOMoARcPSD|1485157The C18th Domestic interior
Consumption and the World of Goods: Drink, Drugs and Shopping in Britain, c.
1650-c.1830 (University of Wolverhampton)
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6HS003: Consumption and the World of Goods: The C18th Domestic interior. David Hussey.
• The C18th Domestic interior:
• Family portrait. Middling, lower-upper sort – shows wealth, politeness and
respect.
• Henry Gothe (?) family; he is a merchant – from Edgbaston.
• More than likely ‘fake’. May not be his interior.
• Shows that he a business man, - working/serious person, but to show he is
a family man has his family. = subtle signs with hands and bodies.
• Mother is touching her tea set
• 18th cent urban Brum mansion.
How do we view the interior?
Use and employment of goods in contemporary settings
Development of specialised areas
1. Arenas of consumption
2. Goffmanesque front/back stage
3. Parlour/dining room as designated spaces
‘Meanings’ attached to goods (Weatherill; Douglas and Isherwood;
Appadurai)
Goods in situ
1. Appraisals at cost value after the event (probate – problems?)
How do we assess cultural meaning (account books? Diaries?
- G- act out economic etc – display for our peers. – areas in which we have the
display; the backstage were the hard work happens. – front stage; display areas,
present ourselves. The backstage, is ‘mess’ less put on. – develops in c18th.
- Beds everywhere in this period –important/cost money. –levels of privacy, and
division- shows something.
- Much more fluid. –expected to share living space.
-Cultural meaning- is important to use these types of… I.E chairs, beds etc.
- Understand what cultural goods means.
Why is it important?
Visual representation of cultural and economic consumption in terms of
the objects of use
Placement
Etiquette
subliminal and covert meanings attached to goods within their everyday
settings
Throws light on how the domestic economy of C18th life is constructed.
-Is important to have certain items? What does that say about Brit as a major
economic force.
-What does it mean to have a certain type of good? Who serves? Who uses?
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