Luxury [ Taste & Manners ]
… displays of wealth and power to the widespread and sociable use of commodities like porcelain and silk. Such displays of tasteful and fashionable objects enhanced individual status, in domestic settings and in public spaces. McKendrick even … provocatively praised its merits for the community and its positive impact on employment and free trade. Concepts > Taste & Manners Keywords Art Commodities Community Consumption Furniture Luxury Porcelain Shopping Tea-table Women The … nations. They flock into cities; love to receive and communicate knowledge; to show their wit or their breeding; their taste in conversation or living, in clothes or furniture. (Hume 107) Ur ban culture, taste, politeness , conversation , …
Art | Commodities | Community | Consumption | Furniture | Luxury | Porcelain | Shopping | Tea-table | Women
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