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… were often at pains to highlight in their promotional texts in oppositional terms such as ‘mock’ and ‘original’. Here, taste is not defined as good and bad, rather the positive effects of being able to exercise taste are conveyed in terms such as ‘genteel’ and ‘elegant’. 1 En effet, un jeu de reconnaissance mutuelle se met en … . Clark, Kenneth, The Gothic Revival: an Essay in the History of Taste (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1964). de Bruijn, Emile, Chinese wallpapers in Britain and Ireland (London: Philip Wilson …
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