Furniture: World Styles from Classical to Contemporary

Judith Miller

Penguin, Sep 19, 2005 - Antiques & Collectibles - 560 pages

Whether you want to identify, date or evaluate your own pieces, Furniture is the only comprehensive, full-color reference guide for you.

Judith Miller gives a global overview that spans the last 3,000 years of design, guaranteed to turn any amateur into a furniture buff. Furniture defines decorative motifs of key periods with over 3,500 photographs of every style and form. This eBook also includes profiles of influential designers, craftsmen and key movements.

Contents

• 14 Period Styles: 14
• 20 Ancient Egypt: 20
• 22 Ancient Greece and Rome: 22
• 24 Ancient China: 24
• 26 The Middle Ages: 26
• 28 Renaissance Italy: 28
• 30 Renaissance Europe: 30
• 34 Power and Grandeur: 34
• 36 Baroque Furniture: 36
• 38 Elements of Style: 38
• 40 Italy: 40
• 42 Pietra Dura and Scagiola: 42
• 44 The Low Countries: 44
• 46 Germany and Scandinavia: 46
• 48 England: 48
• Henri IV and Louis XIII: 50
• Louis XIV: 52
• 54 Boulle Marquetry: 54
• 56 Spain and Portugal: 56
• 58 Early Colonial America: 58
• 60 Case Pieces: 60
• 62 Cabinets: 62
• 64 Tables: 64
• 66 Chairs: 66
• 70 Exuberant Luxury: 70
• 72 Rococo Furniture: 72
• 74 Elements of Style: 74
• The Régence: 76
• Louis XV: 78
• 80 Italy: 80
• Venice: 82
• 84 Germany: 84
• 86 Rococo Interior: 86
• 88 The Low Countries: 88
• 90 Spain and Portugal: 90
• 92 Scandinavia: 92
• Queen Anne and George I: 94
• Palladianism: 96
• 98 Thomas Chippendale: 98
• George II: 100
• Queen Anne: 102
• 104 American Chippendale: 104
• Southern States: 106
• 108 New Forms: 108
• 110 Commodes: 110
• 112 Highboys: 112
• 114 Tables: 114
• 116 Chairs: 116
• 118 Evolution of Mirrors: 118
• 120 Mirrors: 120
• 124 A New Classicism: 124
• 126 Neoclassical Furniture: 126
• 128 Elements of Style: 128
• 130 Italy: 130
• 132 The Grand Tour: 132
• 134 Transitional Furniture: 134
• Louis XVI: 136
• 138 English Pattern Books: 138
• 140 Germany: 140
• 142 David Roentgen: 142
• 144 Russia: 144
• 146 The Low Countries: 146
• Chippendale to Federal: 160
• Southern States: 162
• 164 British Influences: 164
• 166 Gothic: 166
• 168 South Africa: 168
• 170 Chinoiserie: 170
• 172 Painted Furniture: 172
• 174 Mechanical Pieces: 174
• 176 FallFront Desks: 176
• 178 Commodes: 178
• 180 Tables: 180
• 182 Occasional Tables: 182
• 184 Chairs: 184
• 186 Chippendale Chairs: 186
• 188 Armchairs: 188
• 192 Rebellion and Empire: 192
• 194 Empire Furniture: 194
• 196 Elements of Style: 196
• DirectoireConsulat: 198
• 200 French Empire: 200
• Restauration: 202
• 204 Italy: 204
• 206 Regency Britain: 206
• 208 British Exoticism: 208
• 210 British Vernacular: 210
• 212 George IV and William IV: 212
• Empire: 214
• Biedermeier: 216
• 218 The Low Countries: 218
• 220 Scandinavia: 220
• 222 Russia: 222
• 224 Spain and Portugal: 224
• 226 South Africa: 226
• 228 Federal Interior: 228
• 230 American Federal: 230
• 232 American Empire: 232
• 234 European Influences: 234
• 236 The Shakers: 236
• 238 North American Vernacular: 238
• 240 Windsor Chairs: 240
• 242 Chairs: 242
• 244 New Developments: 244
• 246 Mirrors: 246
• 248 Chests of Drawers: 248
• 250 Sofas: 250
• 252 Desks: 252
• 254 Tables: 254
• 256 Occasional Tables: 256
• 258 Painted Furniture: 258
• 262 Turmoil and Progress: 262
• 264 Revival Styles: 264
• 266 Elements of Style: 266
• 268 Grand Exhibitions: 268
• LouisPhilippe: 270
• 18481900: 272
• 274 Italy: 274
• 276 Early Victorian Britain: 276
• 278 Late Victorian Britain: 278
• 280 Campaign Furniture: 280
• 282 Germany and Austria: 282
• 284 Thonets Bentwood: 284
• 286 Low Countries: 286
• 288 Spain and Portugal: 288
• 290 Scandinavia: 290
• 292 Russia: 292
• 294 America: 294
• 296 Belter and the Rococo Revival: 296
• 298 Japan: 298
• 300 India: 300
• 302 China: 302
• 304 New Styles: 304
• 306 Chests of Drawers: 306
• 308 Buffets and Sideboards: 308
• 310 Chairs: 310
• 312 Sofas: 312
• 314 Tables: 314
• 316 Garden Furniture: 316
• 320 Reform and Reaction: 320
• 322 Arts and Crafts Style: 322
• 324 Elements of Style: 324
• The Aesthetic Movement: 326
• Aestheticism and Revivals: 328
• Arts and Crafts: 330
• 332 William Morris Co: 332
• 334 The Cotswold School: 334
• Arts and Crafts: 336
• 338 Gustav Stickley: 338
• 340 Chairs: 340
• 342 Tables: 342
• 344 Cabinets: 344
• 348 Age of Transition: 348
• 350 Art Nouveau Furniture: 350
• 352 Elements of Style: 352
• 354 Paris Exposition: 354
• The Nancy School: 356
• The Paris School: 358
• 360 Belgium: 360
• 362 Italy and Spain: 362
• 364 Charles Rennie Mackintosh: 364
• 366 The Glasgow School: 366
• 368 Britain: 368
• 370 Edwardian Britain: 370
• 372 Germany: 372
• 374 Austria: 374
• 376 Wiener Werkstätte: 376
• 378 Tables: 378
• 380 Case Pieces: 380
• 382 Chairs: 382
• 386 From Boom to Bust: 386
• 388 Art Deco Furniture: 388
• 390 Elements of Style: 390
• 392 1925 Paris Exhibition: 392
• 394 France: 394
• 396 The United States: 396
• 398 Streamlining: 398
• 400 Britain: 400
• 402 Art Deco Interior: 402
• 404 Europe: 404
• 406 India and East Asia: 406
• 408 The Suite: 408
• 410 Chairs: 410
• 412 Tables: 412
• 414 Cabinets: 414
• 418 A New Age: 418
• 420 Modern Design: 420
• 422 Elements of Style: 422
• 424 Gerrit Rietveld: 424
• 426 Bauhaus: 426
• 428 Germany: 428
• 430 France: 430
• 432 Le Corbusier: 432
• 434 Tubular Steel: 434
• 436 Scandinavia: 436
• 438 Britain: 438
• 440 America: 440
• 444 Chairs: 444
• 446 Tables: 446
• 450 Optimism and Wealth: 450
• 452 MidCentury Modern Furniture: 452
• 454 Elements of Style: 454
• 456 Charles and Ray Eames: 456
• 458 The United States: 458
• 460 Australia: 460
• 462 Scandinavia: 462
• 464 Arne Jacobsen: 464
• Second Generation: 466
• 468 Italy: 468
• 470 Gio Ponti: 470
• 472 Britain: 472
• 474 Japan: 474
• 476 France and Germany: 476
• 478 Experiments in Seating: 478
• 480 1960s Scandinavia: 480
• 482 1960s France: 482
• 484 Pop Interior: 484
• 486 1960s Italy: 486
• 488 Castiglioni Brothers: 488
• 490 1960s United States: 490
• 492 Coffee Tables: 492
• 494 Sideboards: 494
• 496 Lighting: 496
• 498 Chairs and Stools: 498
• 500 Lounge Chairs: 500
• 504 Social Unease: 504
• 506 Post1970 Furniture: 506
• 508 Elements of Style: 508
• 510 Memphis and Alchimia: 510
• 512 Italy: 512
• 514 France: 514
• 516 Britain: 516
• 518 Craft and Technology: 518
• 520 Europe: 520
• 522 The Americas: 522
• 524 Japan: 524
• 526 Marc Newson: 526
• 528 Office Furniture: 528
• 530 Chairs: 530
• 532 Tables: 532
• 534 Anatomy of Furniture: 534
• 536 Useful Addresses: 536
• 538 Further Reading: 538
• 540 Dealer Codes: 540
• 544 Glossary: 544
• 550 Index: 550
• 558 Acknowledgments: 558

Bibliographic information

• Title: Furniture: World Styles from Classical to Contemporary
• Author: Judith Miller
• Publisher: Penguin, 2005
• ISBN: 0756672880, 9780756672881
• Length: 560 pages
• Subjects: Antiques & Collectibles / Furniture; Design / Furniture; Reference / Encyclopedias