Informationen zum Autor Annie Carlano is senior curator and Bobbie Sumberg is curator of textiles and costume at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe. Klappentext A lively tour of beds and sleeping customs over time and around the world, exploring the myriad ways in which humans have gone about trying to get a good night's sleep. Zusammenfassung There's more than one way to make a bed! and humans throughout history have devised every sort they could imagine. This book! illustrated with 140 images! takes readers on a tour of beds and sleeping customs around the world. It offers a look at the history of beds and - under the impetus of both functional needs and aesthetic tastes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword / Joyce Ice Preface Acknowledgments Introduction / Annie Carlano 1. Sleeping Low / Bobbie Sumberg 2. Sleeping High / Annie Carlano 3. Sleeping in the Closet / Annie Carlano 4. Sleeping on the Move / Bobbie Sumberg 5. Sleeping on the Road / Bobbie Sumberg 6. Sleeping in the Modern World / Annie Carlano 7. Sleeping Small / Bobbie Sumberg 8. Sleeping Forever . . . and Ever / Bobbie Sumberg Photography Credits Index

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Annie Carlano is senior curator and Bobbie Sumberg is curator of textiles and costume at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe.

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A lively tour of beds and sleeping customs over time and around the world, exploring the myriad ways in which humans have gone about trying to get a good night's sleep.

Résumé
There's more than one way to make a bed, and humans throughout history have devised every sort they could imagine. This book, illustrated with 140 images, takes readers on a tour of beds and sleeping customs around the world. It offers a look at the history of beds and - under the impetus of both functional needs and aesthetic tastes.

Contenu

Foreword / Joyce Ice

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction / Annie Carlano