With his keen eye for revealing detail, Paul Barker takes us on an entertaining and enlightening journey through suburbia, painting a humane yet provocative portrait of 21st-century living.
This book covers the whole range of decorative styles and motifs used by designers, architects and craftsmen from the Middle Ages onwards. It provides coverage of both architecture and the decorative arts.
Features kitchen life from the Victorian era right up to 1939, with details of the ingredients - fresh and packaged - the menus, equipment and the kitchen regulars, from cook to passing tradesmen. This book also contains illustrations of food packaging and advertising.