Modern Furniture ClassicsThis paperback reissue is even more accessible to interior design professionals, students, and furniture enthusiasts. International in scope, and sequenced chronologically/stylistically, more than 350 furniture pieces range from examples of mid-nineteenth-century forerunners of Modernism to exceptional recent design innovations. Each entry lists designer, date, style; dimensions, materials, manufacturer, distributor; and status of availability. Also included is a guide to galleries and museums and an extensive bibliography. |
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Aldo Ballo aluminum architect architecture ARMCHAIR Art Deco Art Nouveau Artifort Arts and Crafts Atelier International DIMENSIONS Austria STATUS Bauhaus cantilever chair cantilevered Cassina Chaise Charles Rennie Mackintosh circa Collection colors Corbusier Crafts Movement created cushions Deco COUNTRY Denmark STATUS Dist Distributor in U.S.A. England STATUS fabric Finland STATUS foam frame France STATUS Frank Lloyd Wright Fritz Hansen furniture designer George Nelson Germany STATUS gray Hans Wegner Herman Miller Herman Miller Archives ICF DIMENSIONS International Style Italian Italy STATUS Joe Colombo Josef Hoffmann Knoll International DIMENSIONS lacquered Le Corbusier leather legs LOUNGE CHAIR Marcel Breuer Memphis Modern Art modern furniture Museum of Modern niture padded Panton pieces production Saarinen seat and back SIDE CHAIR sofa Stijl stool Studio Thonet Industries tubular steel United States STATUS United States STYLE uphol upholstered upholstery Vienna Secession Werkbund Wiener Werkstätte wood