Publications for Clive Edwards
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Journal Articles
Edwards, C (2019)
Book Review: Mid-century modern interiors: The ideas that shaped interior design in America, by Lucinda Kaukas Havenhand,
Design Journal, 22(5), pp.725-729, ISSN: 1460-6925. DOI:
10.1080/14606925.2019.1629056.
Edwards, C (Accepted for publication) Review of Mid-century modern interiors: The Ideas that shaped interior design in America, Design Journal, ISSN: 1460-6925.
Edwards, C (2018)
Book Review: Plywood: A Material Story Christopher Wilk,
West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture, 25(1), pp.109-112, ISSN: 2153-5531. DOI:
10.1086/699505.
Edwards, C (2017)
The politics of furniture: Identity, diplomacy and persuasion in post-war interiors. [Book Review],
Journal of Design History, 30(3), pp.335-336, ISSN: 0952-4649.
Edwards, CD (2016)
Review of Form and Structure in Interior Architecture by Grame Brooker and Sally Stone, Bloomsbury 2016,
The Design Journal, DOI:
10.1080/14606925.2016.1199762.
Edwards, CD (2013) Review of A.Scully 'Interior Design Theory and Process',
Design Journal, 16(4), pp.509-512.
Edwards, CD (2013)
Multum in Parvo: ‘A Place for Everything and Everything in its Place’.
Modernism, Space-saving Bedroom Furniture and the Compactom Wardrobe,
Journal of Design History, 27(1), pp.17-37, ISSN: 0952-4649. DOI:
10.1093/jdh/ept018.
(2013)
Review: Novel Craft: Victorian Domestic Handicraft and Nineteenth-Century Fiction,
Nineteenth century contexts: An interdisciplinary journal, 35(2), pp.225-226, DOI:
10.1080/08905495.2013.790147.
Edwards, CD (2013)
Complete House Furnishers: The Retailer as Interior Designer in Nineteenth-Century London,
Journal of Interior Design, 38, pp.1-17, DOI:
10.1111/joid.12000.
Edwards, CD (2012)
Novel Craft: Victorian Domestic Handicraft and Ninteenth-century fiction,
Journal of Modern Craft, 5(3), pp.373-376, DOI:
10.2752/174967812X13511744764967.
Edwards, CD (2012) Book Review: Talking Shop the language of craft in the age of consumption,
Technology and Culture, 53(October 2012), pp.932-933.
Edwards, CD (2012)
Review of The Chinese Taste in Eighteenth-Century England by David Porter. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010,
Britain and the World, 5(2), pp.318-321, ISSN: 2043-8567. DOI:
10.3366/brw.2012.0051.
Edwards, CD (2012)
"Art Furniture in the Old English Style" The Firm of Collinson and Lock, London,1870-1900,
West 86th, 19(2), pp.255-281.
Edwards, CD (2012)
Review of the Poetic Interior by Stefan Muthesius: From Homes to Houses:The Shifting Nature of Artistic Creativty in European Interiors during the Nineteenth Century,
Art History: journal of the Association of Art Historians, 35(3), pp.657-660, DOI:
10.1111/j.1467-8365.2012.00906.x.
Edwards, CD (2012)
“Improving” the Decoration of Furniture: Imitation and Mechanization in the Marquetry Process in Britain and America, 1850–1900,
Technology and Culture, 53, pp.401-434, DOI:
10.1353/tech.2012.0073.
Edwards, CD (2011)
Tottenham Court Road: The Changing Fortunes of London's Furniture Street 1850-1950,
London Journal, 36(2), pp.140-160, DOI:
10.1179/174963211X13034705699171.
Edwards, CD (2010) Review of Anna Jolly ed.,Furnishing Textiles, studies on Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Interior Decoration,17. Riggisberger Berichte, 2009. ISBN 978-3-905014-36-5,
Textile History, 41(1), pp.127-130.
Edwards, CD (2009) Review of Designing the Modern Interior: From the Victorians to Today -,
Journal of Design History, 22(4), pp.421-423.
Edwards, CD (2008)
A History of Veneer Cutting,
Antique Furniture Restoration and Conservation Guide, pp.45-50.
Edwards, CD (2007) Review of The Hard Sell: An Ethnographic Study of the Direct Selling Industry by John Bone,
Business History, 49(DEC (6), pp.929-930.
Edwards, CD (2006) Review of Mirjam Gelfer-Jorgensen: The Dream of a Golden Age: Danish Neo-Classical Furniture 1790-1850,
Journal of Design History, 19(1), pp.93-95.
Edwards, CD (2006) Home is Where the Art is: Women, Handicrafts and Home Improvements 1750-1900,
Journal of Design History, 19(1), pp.11-21.
Edwards, CD (2006) Review of Early Georgian Interiors, John Cornforth. Yale University Press, New Haven and London,
Textiel History, 37(1), pp.s 102-3.
Edwards, CD (2005)
Tools and Techniques 1600-1840,
The Antique Furniture Restoration/Conservation Guide, XI, pp.56-67.
Edwards, CD (2004)
Technology Transfer and the British Furniture Making Industry 1945-1955,
Comparative Technology Transfer and Society, 2(1), pp.71-98, ISSN: 1542-0132. DOI:
10.1353/ctt.2004.0006.
Edwards, CD (2003) From Genius to Genres,
Art History, 26(1), pp.121-125, ISSN: 0141-6790.
Edwards, CD (2002) Review of J. E Crowley: The invention of comfort: sensibilities and design in early modern Britain and early America,
The Journal of Canadian Art History, 25(1), pp.123-128.
Edwards, CD (2002)
Dummy Board figures as images of amusement and deception in interiors 1660-1800,
Studies in the Decorative Arts, X(1), pp.74-97, ISSN: 1069-8825.
Edwards, CD (2002) Review of Jeremy AdamsonThe Furniture of Sam Maloof,
Journal of Design History, 15(4), pp.283-285.
Edwards, CD (2001) Review of Nichols, S, ``Aluminum by Design'',
Journal of Design History, 14(2), pp.156-159.
Edwards, CD (2001) Review of Daniel Reiff. Houses from Books. Pattern Books and Catalogues in American Architecture 1735-1950. A History and Guide. Penn State Press. 2000,
Art History, 24(4), p.617.
Edwards, CD (2001) Aluminium Furniture 1886-1986. The changing applications and reception of a modern material,
Journal of Design History, 14(3), pp.207-226, ISSN: 1741-7279.
Edwards, CD (1998) The mechanisation of carving: the development of the carving machine especially in relation to the manufacture of furniture and the working of wood,
History of Technology, 20, pp.73-103.
Edwards, CD (1998) Review of G. Beard: Upholsterers and interior furnishing in England,
Journal of Design History, 11(2), pp.187-188.
Edwards, CD (1998) Reclining chairs surveyed: Health, comfort and fashion in evolving markets,
Studies in the Decorative Arts, 6(Fall-Winter), pp.32-68, ISSN: 1069-8825.
Edwards, CD (1998) Jackson and Graham - History of the firm,
Furniture History Journal, 34, pp.238-266.
Edwards, CD (1998) Review of Geoffrey Beard, Upholsterers and Interior furnishing in England 1530-1840, Yale University Press,
Journal of Design History, 11(2), pp.187-188.
Edwards, CD (1997) Root and branch furniture,
Antique Collecting, 32, pp.18-21.
Edwards, CD (1997) Wicker furniture,
Antique Collecting, 31(9), pp.18-21.
Edwards, CD (1997) Review, P. Kirkham,"Charles and Ray Eames", MIT Press and S. Abercrombie, "George Nelson",
Journal of Design History, 10(2), pp.122-126.
Edwards, CD (1997) Review of "Charles and Ray Eames" by P. Kirkham,
Journal of Design History, 10(2), pp.233-235.
Edwards, CD (1996) Eighteenth century mirrors,
Antique Collections, 31(2), pp.14-17.
Edwards, CD (1996) Aspects of the history of oil-coated materials for floors,
Textile History, 27(Autumn), pp.148-171.
Edwards, CD (1995) Eighteenth century put-u-ups,
Antique Collector's Dealers Guide, 48(9), pp.43-45.
Edwards, CD (1995) Casing the joint,
Antique Collecting, 29(8), pp.20-23.
Edwards, CD (1995) British imports of American furniture in the late 19th century,
Furniture History Journal, 31, pp.210-217.
Edwards, CD (1994) Aspects of the Eighteenth Century Furniture Trade,
Antique Collector, pp.19-21.
Edwards, CD (1994) Patent tables 1770-1850,
Antique Dealer and Collectors Guide, 47(8), pp.17-19.
Edwards, CD (1993) Cast-Iron Furniture,
Antique Collecting, 27(10), pp.30-34.
Edwards, CD (1993) Emerging from Darkness,
Furniture, 3(March (3), pp.50-54, ISSN: 0966-7768.
Edwards, CD (1993) The Ancient Works,
Furniture, 2(February (2), pp.50-53, ISSN: 0966-7768.
Edwards, CD (1993) Confident Tutors,
Furniture, 4(May (5), pp.50-53, ISSN: 0966-7768.
Edwards, CD (1992) Built for Comfort - Reclining Chairs,
Country Life, CLXXXVI, pp.54-55.
Edwards, CD (1992) Revivals and survivals,
Furniture, 1(12), pp.50-53, ISSN: 0966-7768.
Edwards, CD (1991) Elegant Curves, Iron Rockers in the 19th Century,
Country Life, p.111.
Edwards, CD (1991) Press Beds,
Furniture History, XXVI, pp.42-52.
Edwards, CD (1991) Furnishing a Home at the Turn of the Century - Furnishing Estimates 1875-1910,
Journal of Design History, 4(4), pp.233-241.
Edwards, CD (1990) Review of "London Furniture Trade - 1700-1870" by Pat Kirkham,
Burlington Magazine, 1990, pp.798-799.
Edwards, CD (1990) Folding Chairs,
Antique Collecting, 24(8), pp.5-8.
Edwards, CD (1990) Review of London Furniture Trade 1700-1870,
Burlington Magazine, November, pp.798-799.
Conferences
Edwards, CD (2013) Continuities and Changes in Marquetry Technologies and Techniques. In Brunne, U (ed)
2nd Scandinavian Symposium on Furniture Technology and Design, Vadstana, Sweden, pp.168-177.
Edwards, CD (2012)
Through, lapped or blind: the dovetail joint in furniture history. In
10th International Symposium for wood and furniture conservation: Reproduction and Reconstruction in Furniture Conservation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp.5-14, ISBN: 978-90-806960-0-6.
Edwards, CD (2009)
Vernacular Craft to Machine Assisted Industry High Wycome 1870-1920. In al, MDE (ed)
9th International Symposium on Wood and Furniture conservation, Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Wood and Furniture conservation Stichting Ebenist Amsterdam 2008, Amsterdam, pp.91-102, ISBN: 9789080696082.
Edwards, CD (2009)
Chinz, Pintado and Palampore: The Marketing and Market of Imported Indian Textiles 1600-1800. In
IXth International Conference on Urban History, Conference Proceedings, Lyon.
Edwards, CD (2007) The Scandinavian Ideal in Design: Two Distinct Approaches to the Marketing of the Idea. In Branchik, B (ed)
Conference on History, Analysis and Research in Marketing, Proceedings of the 13th Biennial Conference on History, Analysis and Research in Marketing, Duke University, North Carolina, USA, pp.89-98.
Edwards, CD (2006) The Sale and Use of Secondhand Furniture 1750-1900. In Lars Nilsson, (ed)
Urban Europe in Comparative Perspective 30.08.06-02.09.06, Urban Europe in Comparative Perspective, Stockholm, Sweden, pp.s 53-54, ISBN: 91-88882-28-4.
Edwards, CD (2006) Impact of Plywood over the Longue Duree (1750-1950). In
ICOHTEC International Symposium, ICOHTEC 2006 Abstracts (International Cttee History of Technology), Leicester University, pp.s 24-5.
Edwards, CD (2006)
The Context and Conservation of Patent Metamorphic Furniture 1780-1820. In
International Institute for Conservation Munich Congress, The Object in Context: Crossing Conservation Boundaries, Munich, pp.279-285, ISBN: 0954816919.
Edwards, CD (1999) Material culture - The changing nature of aluminium in furniture design. In
European Academy of Design, Proceedings of the Third European Academy of Design, Sheffield Hallam University, pp.226-284.
Edwards, CD (1997) The castration of skill. In Tanya Harrod, (ed)
Obscure Objects of Desire, University of East Anglia, pp.347-355, ISBN: 1870 145674.
Books
Edwards, C (2023)
Nineteenth-Century Interiors Volume I: Theories and Discourses Around the Home, Routledge, ISBN: 9781032269153.
Edwards, C (2023)
Nineteenth-Century Interiors Volume II: Styles of Decoration and Design, Routledge, ISBN: 9781032269184.
Edwards, C (2023)
Nineteenth-Century Interiors Volume III: Domestic Interior Spaces, Routledge, ISBN: 9781032269399.
Edwards, C (2023)
Nineteenth-Century Interiors Volume IV: Products and Processes, Routledge, ISBN: 9781032269429.
Edwards, C (2022)
Collinson & Lock Art Furnishers, Interior Decorators and Designers 1870-1900, Troubador Publishing Ltd, ISBN: 9781803131047.
Edwards, C (2021)
Nineteenth-Century Design Networks, Vol 4, Mediators and Design, Routledge, ISBN: 9781000350920. DOI:
10.4324/9780429279492.
Edwards, C (ed) (2021)
Nineteenth century Design, vol 3 Production and Practices, Routledge, ISBN: 978-0-367-23356-3. DOI:
10.4324/9780429279485.
Edwards, C (2021)
Nineteenth Century Design, vol 2 Objects Images and Spaces, Routledge, ISBN: 9780367233587. DOI:
10.4324/9780429279461.
Edwards, C (ed) (2021)
Nineteenth Century Design vol 1,Theories and Discourses, Routledge, ISBN: 978-0-367-23357-0. DOI:
10.4324/9780429279454.
Edwards, C (2015)
The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Design, Bloomsbury Academic, ISBN: 9781472521576.
Edwards, C (2013)
How to Read Pattern - German edition (Muster lessen), Haupt Verlag, ISBN: 978-3-258-60071-0.
Edwards, CD (2012)
How to Read Pattern (Portugese translation) Como compreeender Design Textil,, Senac, ISBN: 9788539601875.
Edwards, CD (2011)
How to Read Pattern (Russian Translation), Ripol, ISBN: 9785386029852.
Edwards, CD (2011)
How to Read Pattern (Dutch translation), Librero, ISBN: 9789089980793.
Edwards, CD (2010)
Interior Design A Critical Introduction, Berg Publishers, ISBN: 9781847883131.
Edwards, CD (2010)
Leggere le decorazioni (How to read pattern) (Italian translation), Logos Edizione, ISBN: 9788879404150.
Edwards, C (2009)
Cómo leer estampados : curso intensivo en diseño textil,ISBN: 9788492447299.
Edwards, CD (2009)
How to Read Pattern: A Crash Course in Textile Design, A & C Black Publishers Ltd, ISBN: 9781408109434.
Edwards, CD (2009)
How to read pattern: A crash course in textile design (Japanese translation), Sunchoh Shuppan Inc.
Edwards, CD (2009)
How to read pattern: A crash course in textile design (Asian Edition), Page One Publishing Co, ISBN: 978-981-245-791-2.
Edwards, CD (2009)
Como leer estampados: curso intensivo en diseno textile (How to read pattern) Spanish translation, Lisma Ediciones, SL.
Edwards, CD (2007)
Encyclopedia of Furnishing Textiles, Floorcoverings and Home Furnishing Practices 1200-1950, Ashgate (Lund Humphries), ISBN: 9780754632658.
Edwards, CD (2005)
Turning Houses into Homes: A history of retailing and consumption of domestic furnishings, Ashgate Publishing, ISBN: 0754609065.
Edwards, CD (2000)
Encyclopedia of Furniture, Materials, Trades and Techniques, Ashgate, ISBN: 1 84014 639 7.
Edwards, CD (1998)
Striving for Excellence, A history of art education in Loughborough 1893-1998,ISBN: 1900856328.
Edwards, CD (1998)
Striving for Excellence: A History of Art Education in Loughborough 1893-1998, LUSAD.
Edwards, CD (1996)
Eighteenth Century Furniture, Manchester U.P.
Edwards, CD (1994)
Twentieth Century Furniture, Materials, Manufacturers and Markets, Manchester U.P, ISBN: 0 7190 4066 3.
Edwards, CD (1993)
Victorian Furniture: Technology and Design, Manchester University Press.
Edwards, CD and Gloag, J (ed) (1991)
Complete Dictionary of Furniture, Overlook Press (USA) and Unwin Hyman (UK), ISBN: 0879514140.
CD Objects
Edwards, CD (2009) Chintz, Pintado and Palampore: The Marketing and Market of Imported Indian Textiles 1600-1800,European Association for Urban History.
Edwards, CD (2006) The Sale and Use of Secondhand Furniture 1750-1900,Institute of Urban History, ISBN: 91-88882-28-4.
Chapters
Edwards, C (2022) Making Merchandising and Pricing. In Walkling, G and Richtenberg, K (ed)
Story of British Tea Chests and Caddies, Acc Art Books, pp.48-73, ISBN: 9781788841467.
Edwards, C (2021) Artefacts and Color in the Age of Enlightenment. In wolf, K and biggam, C (ed)
A Cultural History of Color Volume 4, Bloomsbury Academic, pp.191-212, ISBN: 9781474273732.
Edwards, C (2021) Introduction: A Cultural History of Colour in the Age of Enlightenment. In Biggam, C and wolf, K (ed)
A Cultural History of Colour in the Age of Enlightenment, Bloomsbury Academic, pp.1-21, ISBN: 978-1-4742-7372-5.
Edwards, C (2021) Visual Representation of Furniture. In Anderson, C (ed)
A Cultural History of Furniture: A cultural history of furniture in the Modern Age, Bloomsbury Academic, pp.183-207, ISBN: 9781474206433.
Edwards, C (2020) Eighteenth Century furniture. In Flather, A (ed)
A Cultural History of the Home:, Bloomsbury, pp.200-230, ISBN: 9781472584410.
Edwards, C (2019) Glossary of Materials and Production Techniques. In
Atlas of Furniture Design, Vitra Design Museum, pp.962-974, ISBN: 9783931936990.
Edwards, CD (2016) Establishing Stability: Conforming to type in British house furnishings 1860-1910. In McMahon, DH (ed)
The Objects and Textures of Everyday Life in Imperial Britain, Ashagate, pp.49-71, ISBN: 978-1-4094-5518-9.
Edwards, CD (2015)
Luxury furniture makers and their markets in late ninteenth century London. In Coquery, N (ed)
Le Commerce du Luxe, Mare et Martin, pp.72-80, ISBN: 9791092054309.
Edwards, C (2014) B3 Chair. In Lees-Maffei, G (ed)
50 ICONIC DESIGNS, Bloomsbury, pp.168-171, ISBN: 9780857853523.
Edwards, CD (2011)
Fashionable printed textiles in apparel and interior furnishings 1750-1900. In Thoisy, A, Demeon, E, Jaque, J (ed)
Prints in fashion and costume history, Lido and Mode Museum Hasselt, pp.158-172, ISBN: 9789055448814.
Edwards, CD (2011) The polarisation of the second hand furniture market in the nineteenth century. In Stobart, J and Damme, IV (ed)
Modernity and the Second-hand trade: European Consumption Cultures and Practices 1700-1900, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.93-110, ISBN: 978-0230229464.
Edwards, CD (2010)
Structure, cladding and detail: the role of textiles in the association between identity, the interior and dress 1860-1920. In Potvin, J and Mylevev, A (ed)
Fashion, interior design and the contours of modern identity, Ashgate, pp.67-84, ISBN: 978-0-7546-6915-9.
Edwards, CD (2009) Perspectives on the Retailing and Acquisition of New and Old Furniture in England 1700-1850. In Blondé, B, Coquery, N, Stobart, J, Van Damme, I (ed)
Studies in European Urban History Series 'Fashioning Old and New. Changing Consumer Patterns in Europe 1650-1900', BREPOLS, pp.43-58, ISBN: 978-2-503-52878-6.
Edwards, CD (2009)
Women's Home-Crafted Objects as Collections of Culture and Comfort, 1750-1900. In Potvin, J and Myzelev, A (ed)
Material Cultures, 1740-1920, Ashgate Publishing, pp.37-52, ISBN: 978-0-7546-6144-3.
Edwards, CD and Ponsonby, M (2008) A Desirable Commodity or Practical Necessity? The Sale and Consumption of Secondhand Furniture 1750-1900. In Ponsonby, M and Hussey, D (ed)
Buying for the Home: Shopping for the Domestic from the Seventeenth Century to the Present, Ashgate, pp.117-139, ISBN: 978-0-7546-5807-8.
Edwards, CD (2006) The Upholsterer and the retailing of domestic furnishings 1600-1800. In Blonde, B, Brot, E, Coquery, B (ed)
Retailers and Consumer Changes in Early Modern Europe, Presses Universitaires Francois-Rabelais, pp.53-69, ISBN: 2-86906-211-7.
Edwards, CD (2006)
Buy Now - Pay Later. Credit: The Mainstay of the Retail Furniture Business?. In Benson, J and Ugolini, L (ed)
Cultures of Selling: Perspectives on Consumption and Society since 1700, Ashgate, pp.127-152, ISBN: 0754650464.
Edwards, CD (2005) Stability and Change: British Furniture 1600-1700. In N/A, (ed)
British Furniture 1600-2000, Intelligent Layman Publishing, pp.s 1-8: 9.22.
Edwards, CD (2004) "Aluminum" in Twentieth-Century Architecture. In Stephen Sennott, (ed)
Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Architecture, Routledge, pp.s 45-51, ISBN: 15795 82435.
Edwards, CD (2004) 'William Bemrose'. In Brian Harrison, (ed)
Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, pp.s 220-1, ISBN: 0-19-861411-X.
Edwards, CD (2004) 'Continuity and Change in British Interiors'. In Lahtinen, A and Vainio-Korhonen, K (ed)
History and Change, Finnish Literature Society, pp.s 139-153, ISBN: 951-746-580-7.
Edwards, CD (2003) Furniture History. In Rivers, S and Umney, N (ed)
Conservation of Furniture, Butterworth-Heinemann, pp.3-45, ISBN: 0750609583.
Edwards, CD (2003) The Woodworking Industry. In Mokyr, J (ed)
Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, Oxford University Press, pp.2763-2767, ISBN: 0-19-510507-9.
Edwards, CD (2001) 'Organisation of the Trade of the Eighteenth Century Upholsterer'. In Wim Mertens, (ed)
Transitory Splendour: Interior Textiles in Western Europe 1600-1900, Hesslnhuis Museum, Hesslnhuis Museum.
Edwards, CD (1997) Entries on bamboo, beds, bookcases, built-in, chairs, desks, dummy boards, Gillows, Hepplewhite, Ince and Mayhew, intarsia, pattern books, pietre-dure, printed designs, retail furnishers, role of upholsterer, Sheraton, sofas, tables and others. In Joanna Banham, (ed)
Encyclopedia of Interior Design, Fitzroy Dearborn, various, ISBN: 1-884964-19-2.
Edwards, CD (1991) Complete Dictionary of Furniture Appendix. In
Edwards, C and Gloag, J (ed)
Complete Dictionary of Furniture, Overlook Press (USA) and Unwin Hyman (UK), pp.800-828, ISBN: 0879514140.
Exhibitions
Edwards, CD Do it yourself: Democracy and Design, Design Centre, N Barnsley; MoDA; Middlesex Uni, pieces , to .
