Baronial Bedrooms: The Kama Sutra of Grand Design - File 1 - Initial Pages

Baronial Bedrooms: The Kama Sutra of Grand Design, Westphalia Press, 2009

12 Pages Posted: 1 Aug 2013 Last revised: 22 Aug 2013

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Barbara Pfeffer Billauer

Institute of World Politics; International Program in Bioethics, U. of Porto; Foundation for Law and Science Centers, Inc.

Date Written: July 31, 2009

Abstract

These are the initial five pages of Baronial Bedrooms: The Kama Sutra of Grand Design. The book is a grand tour of 700 years of palatial bedrooms spanning four continents and ten countries, Baronial Bedrooms: The Kama Sutra of Grand Design, presents a historiography of design, architecture, history and bedroom-intrigue through the ages. Beginning at a time when the bedroom supplanted the salon or parlor as audience-chamber and meeting-room of the imperial class, this book distills the essence of decorative features common across nations, continents, cultures and time, and presents timeless axioms of decoration in a fashion that is accessible, relevant and modern. Showcased in hundreds of pictures, analytical commentary and pithy captions, “Baronial Bedrooms” is a feast for the eyes, and inspiration for the mind, and a source of endless delight to the reader, whether professional decorator, historian, or a baronial wanna-be. Suggestions for incorporation of the principles distilled from an analysis and study of these rooms, yet easily adaptable for today’s ‘Barons-on-a-Budget,’ are presented in modern examples.

This file contains the Table of Contents, Preface and Inaugural Photographs.

REPAGINATED FILE August 22

Suggested Citation

Billauer, Barbara P., Baronial Bedrooms: The Kama Sutra of Grand Design - File 1 - Initial Pages (July 31, 2009). Baronial Bedrooms: The Kama Sutra of Grand Design, Westphalia Press, 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2304284

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