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Modern Furniture

Miller's American Insider's Guide to Twentieth-Century Furniture (Miller's Insider's Guides) by John Sollo click to enlarge

Miller's American Insider's Guide to Twentieth-Century Furniture (Miller's Insider's Guides)

John Sollo
Modern American furniture and its design features are put into historical context for the collector or furniture restorer. Work by greats such as Eames, Jacobsen Bertoia, and Knoll are highlighted along with their identifying characteristics.

224 pgs, 8x9.5, 128 color photos & 270 b&w illus, hardcover

$24.95

On sale modern furniture books

book cover unavailable In the Modern Style: Building Furniture Inspired by the 20th Century Tradition

Fine Woodworking,Editors of Fine Woodworking   This book shows the designs and techniques of 28 artisan furnituremakers. Instructions for 14 imaginative and attractive projects are featured, from beds... [read more]

$24.95
Sale! $18.96
book cover unavailable Modern Furniture Classics: Postwar to Postmodern

Charlotte Fiell,Peter Fiell   This book presents a visual history of furniture design since 1945. With the huge technological advances in materials and techniques made during... [read more]

$34.95
Sale! $24.49
book cover unavailable Scandinavian Modern Furnishing, 1930-1970: Designed for Life (Schiffer Book for Designers and Collectors)

Michael Ellison,Leslie A. Pina   This excellent book chronicles Scandinavian Modern Style, from the 1930's through the 1970's, in hundreds of photographs. Included are household objects and... [read more]

$59.95
Sale! $43.81
book cover unavailable Wood Art Today: Furniture, Vessels, Sculpture (Schiffer Design Books)

Dona Z. Meilach   Here are 500 pictures of recent furniture, turning and sculpture created by 130 artists from 9 countries. This survey by Dona Meilach... [read more]

$59.95
Sale! $43.81

More modern furniture books

book cover unavailable American Contemporary Furniture

Marisa Bartolucci,Cathy Lang Ho,Raul Cabra,Dung Ngo   A cutting-edge presentation of contemporary American furniture designed for production. Features work by 100 designers from across the country. The color photos... [read more]

$35.00
book cover unavailable Bent Ply

Dung Ngo,Eric Pfeiffer   This is the first book devoted to plywood in modern design. The book is in two parts: the first, an illustrated history... [read more]

$49.95
book cover unavailable C20th Furniture

Fiona Baker,Keith Baker   Here's an international guide to the works of furniture designers and manufacturers of the past 100 years. Here you can explore the... [read more]

$19.95
book cover unavailable Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living

Mary McLeod   A major innovator and influence on design in the 20th Century, Perriand's career of almost 75 years is fully documented here. This... [read more]

$65.00
book cover unavailable Eileen Gray: Architect/Designer

Peter Adam   Known for her innovative tables, mirrors, lamps, and lacquer screens, Eileen Grey was a Modern pioneer whose importance is only now becoming... [read more]

$39.95
book cover unavailable Modern Chairs (Midsize)

Charlotte Fiell,Peter Fiell   As Christopher Dresser put it in 1873, "A chair is a stool with a back rest, and a stool is a board... [read more]

$19.99
book cover unavailable Op to Pop: Furniture of the 1960's

Cara Greenberg   A very useful resource guide for collectors and restorers, this is a wonderful presentation of the stylized furniture of the radical '60's,... [read more]

$40.00
book cover unavailable The Modern Chair: Classic Designs by Thonet, Breuer, Le Corbusier, Eames and Others

Clement Meadmore   In this profusely illustrated study, a noted furniture designer brings together more than 40 examples of chairs that combine practicality and elegance... [read more]

$14.95
book cover unavailable Twentieth Century Furniture

Fiona Baker,Keith Baker   Here's an international guide to the works of furniture designers and manufacturers of the past 100 years. Here you can explore the... [read more]

$29.95

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Simple Handmade Storage: 23 Step-By-Step Weekend Projects
$19.95

Where to put all of your accumulated stuff? Build some of these stand-alone and built-in... [read more]

Wood Magazine: Making Great Boxes
$19.95

More than three dozen lovely box projects from Wood Magazine that incorporate a variety of... [read more]

Lighting: Creative Planning for Successful Lighting Solutions
$29.95

In the dark about designing appropriate lighting for your home? Here's a newly revised design... [read more]

The Kids' Building Workshop: 15 Woodworking Projects for Kids and Parents to Build Together
$12.95
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A woodworker and an art teacher merge their knowlege and come up with a book... [read more]


 

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