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Furniture History

C20th Furniture by Fiona Baker,Keith Baker click to enlarge

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 work done by Arts and Crafts and Art Deco makers, through the early Modernists to the colourful and chaotic world of Pop Art, and finally to today's innovative and experimental designs.

Work shown is by such greats as Philippe Starck, Marcel Breuer, Le Corbusier, Alver Aalto, Charles and Ray Eames, David Linley, Matthew Rice, Frank Gehry, Tom Dixon, Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry van der Velde, and Ron Arad.

Written by Fiona and Keith Baker, experts in the field of furniture design. Also available in hardcover.

256 pgs, 5x7, 230 color & b&w photos, softcover

$19.95

On sale modern furniture books

book cover unavailable Bent Ply

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$49.95
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book cover unavailable Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living

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$65.00
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$24.95
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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
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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
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