An account of the creation of James McNeill Whistler's Peacock Room, it's reception by the artist's patron, subsequent criticism, and ultimate museum installation in 1923. The author also includes details of dinner parties that took place in the room, and attempts to draw out insights into contemporary British culture.
- ISBN10 0300076118
- ISBN13 9780300076110
- Publish Date 10 November 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 January 2016
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Yale University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 416
- Language English