Luxury [ Taste & Manners ]
… positive impact on employment and free trade. Concepts > Taste & Manners Mots-clés Art Commodities Community Consumption Furniture Luxury Porcelain Shopping Tea-table Women The rise of consumer goods and consumerism made luxury a much-debated … 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, all rely on the refinement created by luxury. … from other countries or far-away continents. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, porcelain, textiles, and small furniture were imported from Asia by the British, French, and Dutch. Due to their popularity, these items were later …
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