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Author Piña, Leslie A., 1947-

Title Furniture in history, 3000 B.C.-2000 A.D. / Leslie Piña.

Publication Info. Boston : Prentice Hall, 2010.
©2010

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 Central Library - Circulating Collection  NK2270 .P56 2010    Available
Edition Seconf edition.
Description xiv, 409 pages, 48 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Ancient and classical: it's all Greek to me : Egypt ; Greece ; Revivals ; Rome -- Middle ages: pull up a chair and sit on the floor : Chests ; Beds ; Seating ; Case pieces ; Tables ; Other items ; Why wasn't there more furniture in the middle ages? ; Regional differences -- Renaissance and Baroque: made to order : Italian Renaissance, 1450-1600 ; Late Renaissance ; Spanish Renaissance and Baroque ; French Renaissance ; Dutch and Flemish Renaissance ; English Renaissance, 1500-1660 ; Italian Baroque ; French Baroque ; Dutch and Flemish Baroque ; English Baroque, 1660-1714 ; American colonies -- Eighteenth century: "the best of all possible worlds" : "The best of all possible worlds" ; France: Régence and Louis XV ; England: Queen Anne ; American colonies -- Neoclassical: a capital idea : France ; England ; Germany ; America -- Victorian historic: revival of the fittest : The expositions ; Gothic revival ; Rococo revival ; Renaissance revival ; Art furniture: England ; Art furniture: United States ; Eastlake ; Wicker furniture and Heywood Wakefield ; Colonial revival: out of ideas ; Twentieth century -- Victorian modern: paragon or paradox? : Modern, modernism, and industrialization ; John Henry Beiter ; Industrialization and the Victorian interior ; Modernizing forces ; Patent furniture ; Shakers ; Hitchcock chair ; Thonet.
Arts and crafts: "as I can" : Origins in Victorian England ; Reform ; Aesthetic movement ; United States Arts and Crafts ; Stickley and the Craftsman ; Elbert Hubbard and the Roycrofters ; Charles P. Limbert and Company ; Architecture ; Arts and Crafts as fashion ; Adirondack furniture ; Machine versus handicraft -- Modern moments: individual forces : Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959, United States) ; Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928, Scotland) ; Wiener Werkstätte ; De Stijl -- Art nouveau and art deco: new or déjà vu? : Art Nouveau: new or déjà vu? ; American Art Nouveau ; Art Deco: neo neo classic ; American Art Deco -- European modernism: from Bauhaus to our house : Deutcher Werkbund ; Bauhaus and parallels ; Tubular steel furniture ; Makers of tubular steel furniture -- Industrial design: coming to America : Industrial design ; American Union of Decorative Artists and Craftsmen (AUDAC) ; Art Moderne to Streamline ; Marketing in the Depression ; Society of Industrial Designers (SID) ; American tubular steel and aluminum furniture -- Postwar modern: designed and signed : Scandinavia ; Furniture designers ; Companies -- The office: nine to five : Early office innovations ; Steelcase ; Frank Lloyd Wright and the office ; Taylor chair ; Modernizing the office ; Systems -- A round 2000: full circle : The lull after the storm ; Alternatives and problems of design ; Modern classic revival ; IKEA to postmodern ; Designers ; Contract versus residential -- Glossary.
Summary "Furniture in History 3000 B.C.-2000 A.D. takes a new approach to a very old subject. By focusing on the constant theme of innovation and change, it discusses the history of furniture in the West--from ancient times to present. Its excellent coverage of modern periods, designers, and styles gives the book a depth and breadth not found in competing texts. Redesigned in this edition, it includes hundreds of illustrations and new photos from a variety of sources--including the Cleveland Museum of Art. Each chapter includes chronologies, designer contributions and historical highlights that make it a comprehensive volume on the evolution of style.'-- Provided by www.Amazon.com.
Subject Furniture -- History.
ISBN 9780132447287
0132447282
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