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The boudoir and private space

Broadcast:
Saturday 25 February 2017 10:18AM (view full episode)
Le Boudoir Image: Le Boudoir' Delphin Enjoras, 1857-1945 (Flickr/Sofi/ccbync2.0)

How did that most intimate of rooms, the boudoir, evolve from a male folly to a female retreat- and how has it influenced private space in the home?

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Guests

Georgina Downey
Visiting Research Fellow in Art History at the University of Adelaide

Publications

Title
Designing the French Interior- the modern home and mass media
Author
edited by Anca I Lasc, Georgina Downey, Mark Taylor
Publisher
Bloomsbury

Credits

Presenter
Jonathan Green
Producer
Cathy Pryor

Saturdays at 9am Repeated:
Sunday 4am, Tuesday 11.30am

Presented by Jonathan Green

IN THIS PROGRAM

The boudoir, caring for indoor plants, the psychology of ornaments, the flavours of America, Madeleine Thien on Shanghai - Saturday 25 February 2017

  1. Reconciling indigenous heritage with modern cities

    9:06 AM

  2. Caring for potted pets

    9:19 AM

  3. Rethinking American food

    9:26 AM

  4. Ornaments: dust collectors or a crucial part of culture?

    9:40 AM

  5. What is carbon fibre?

    9:52 AM

  6. Sense of Place: Madeleine Thien on Shanghai

    10:05 AM

  7. The boudoir and private space

    10:18 AM