Innovative furniture in America from 1880 to the present /

By:

Hanks, David A

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Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0818004509
0818004517

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Summary: From the Dust Jacket - This extraordinary volume presents nearly two centuries of furniture as invention and as aesthetic object - expressions of the American genius for fulfilling changing needs and tastes. With 171 illustrations (Photographs , drawings, reproductions from historical catalogues and advertisements) of every kind of furniture in all sorts of materials, and with illuminating description, this book is a unique resource for everyone interested in the decorative arts. Dozens of designers are included, with concise biographies of the major figures and details of their work, from John Henry Belter, George J. Hunzinger, Thomas E. Warren, and other notables of the nineteenth century to Frank Lloyd Wright, Eero Saarinen, Charles Eames, Harry Bertoria, George Nelson, and others in the twentieth. - [cont...]

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference	Carleton University, AVRC	Richardson Collection - Non CIrculating - Call No. Accompanied by Red Dot	Open-stacks	NK2407 .H26x (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		16055001150

Includes index.

Catalog of the touring exhibition organized by Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.

Exhibition held at Cooper-Hewitt Museum, Grand Rapids Art Museum and others.

Bibliography: pages 195-196.

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