A fascinating case of preserving object decay, as a record of the family's 
socio-economic decline, was presented by Julius Bryant, " 'An Englishman's 
Home is his Castle': Re-Presenting English Heritage Houses," in _Historic 
House Museums Speak to the Public: Spectacular Exhibits versus a 
Philological Interpretation of History_, Acts of the [First Annual DEMHIST] 
Conference, Genoa, 1-4 November 2000, [Milan]: DEMHIST, 2001

The short book is available directly from DEMHIST, ICOM's International 
Committee for Historic House Museums. For more information on acquiring 
this, and the other two published Acts of DEMHIST conferences (in which 
valuable contributions by Bryant and other authors are present), see the 
DEMHIST page on the ICOM website: http://icom.museum. Some information, 
including the full table of contents for the three volumes, is available in 
the Historic House Museum pages ("button" on the right side of the home 
page) on the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum web page (DEMHIST had its secretariat 
for its first years at this museum, where I collaborate): 
http://www.museobagattivalsecchi.org.

Hope this has been helpful, best regards,

Star Meyer, Ph.D.
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Bagatti Valsecchi Museum - Milan, Italy 

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