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1850 and 1939 were further played out in the years between 1940 and the<br />

present day. <strong>The</strong> conclusion offers a reflection on the ever-growing complexity<br />

of the relationship between the private and the public spheres<br />

in the contemporary context which could facilitate, among other strange<br />

phenomena, the bewildering presence of a living room in a shopping<br />

mall. However, with ‘virtual’ space becoming as influential in our daily<br />

lives as ‘physical’ space, the conclusion suggests, the concept of industrial<br />

modernity may have been stretched to its limits and the time may have<br />

come for us to think again about the meaning of ‘the modern interior’.

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