The Age of Comfort : When Paris Discovered Casual--And the Modern Home Began (Paperback)

from annesion

LibraryThing Early Reviewers I was not sure at first if this book would hold my interest. It did! I was impressed with this book on several levels. Like everyone else I go through life in the modern age taking the idea of 'comfort' for granted. A soft bed, a flush toilet, a comfy armchair, a buil...

from TheFlamingoReads

Behold the humble sofa - who knew that the creation of this ubiquitous piece of furniture would spark a design revolution throughout France and the rest of Europe? What began as a simple wooden chair evolved into much more than a place to sit. In the late 17th century, a home was nothing more tha...

from Meggo

I have to confess, I never in a million years would have associated the court of Louis XV with the invention of the sofa. Extremely well researched, and surprisingly detailed, this book paints a fascinating picture of a piece of furniture many of us would take for granted.

from japaul22

This is a very interesting book about the rise of the idea of living comfortably that occurred in France in the early 1700s. DeJean breaks the book into chapters about different inventions and developments that all aided this age of comfort and the transition away from the formality of the age of...

from vanderschloot

As with her previous book, DeJean's The Age of Comfort brings together a strong scholarly background and a talent for translating the academic into the popular. It's great to see a popular book that takes 18th-century France seriously.