American Furniture Designers
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Author | : Oscar P. Fitzgerald |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 293 |
Release | : 2022-04-01 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 1538135639 |
A 2023 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title The 20th century furniture is hot. American Furniture Designers: 1900 to the Present highlights the furniture produced by the 20 most important American furniture designers of the 20th and early 21st centuries plus a selection of the best-known European designers whose work is sold by Knoll International and Herman Miller. The designers are organized into five chapters. Introductions to each section summarize the evolution of furniture design as it evolved through the 20th and early 21st centuries. The book begins with the Arts and Crafts era before World War I; moves into the interwar period when Modernism gained a foothold in America; continues through the Postwar heyday of Mid-century Modern; highlights the furniture from the 1970s and into the 21st century with a focus on the foremost promoters of modern furniture, Knoll International and Herman Miller; and concludes with a selection of the top Studio Furniture makers and their innovative creations. The book focuses on the leading American designers from each of these periods including Gustav Stickley and Charles Rohlfs during the Arts and Crafts movement, Paul Frankl and Gilbert Rohde in the interwar period, Charles and Ray Eames and George Nelson for Mid- century Modern, and Wendell Castle and George Nakashima for Studio Furniture to name just a few. All their furniture is explained and profusely illustrated with 280 color photos. For anyone curious about the modern material culture that surrounds them, the book will explain everything about American furniture from 1900 into the 21st century: when it was made, where it was made, who made it, what it was made of, how it was designed, how long it was in production, and how the furniture related to its contemporaries.
Author | : Kerry Pierce |
Publisher | : Schiffer Publishing |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2021-07-28 |
Genre | : Design |
ISBN | : 9780764361845 |
This comprehensive yet highly browsable reference offers concise definitions, clear line drawings, and photographs of the elements and features that make up American furniture of all types. Written by an expert furniture maker and woodworker with over 50 years of experience, this is the most extensive and modern resource of its kind. Covering historical and contemporary furniture design, the alphabetized terms include individual elements (such as cartouche, pediment, and hood), types of furniture, and styles of design. Detailed line drawings and photos of beautiful museum pieces augment the text. Informative sidebars throughout delve into the passion and beauty behind fine furniture's artistic energy--lives of notable American furniture designers and craftsmen, guided views of masterworks, help in understanding certain styles, and more. This an invaluable tool for furniture makers, antique dealers and buyers, and anyone interested in American furniture.
Author | : Leslie A. Piña |
Publisher | : Schiffer Publishing |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : |
Take a detailed look at the exciting and highly collectible modern furniture of the 1950s--furniture created by renowned designers, including Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Harry Bertoia, Isamu Noguchi, and Eero Saarinen, and produced by companies such as Herman Miller, Knoll, and Heywood-Wakefield. Included in this new and improved second edition are over 450 color and vintage black and white photographs bearing detailed captions for all the classic designs, plus accessories, 70 designer biographies and company histories, a construction case study, a source list, bibliography, values, and an index. This single volume is an invaluable reference.
Author | : Morrison H. Heckscher |
Publisher | : Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Total Pages | : 51 |
Release | : 2018-05-14 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 1588396479 |
Published to coincide with the three hundredth anniversary of the birth of Thomas Chippendale, England’s most famous cabinetmaker, this issue of the Bulletin addresses the history of Chippendale works at The Met. Morrison H. Heckscher recounts the designer’s meteoric rise from rural obscurity to the heights of the London luxury trade, crediting that remarkable success to the publication of the Chippendale Director, an instructive book on furniture design and ornament. The text analyzes the Museum’s rare collection of drawings by Chippendale, revealing a gifted and highly imaginative designer who mastered what today would be called branding. Illustrating a wide selection of the Director drawings alongside furniture inspired by the Director or actually made in Chippendale’s shop, this Bulletin features works of art that attest to the museum’s century-long infatuation with drawing, prints, books, and furniture in the Chippendale style.
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Publisher | : Greenwood |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 1984-09-25 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
The materials included in this bibliography focus on the craftsmen responsible for the creation of fine furniture. Works that give biographical information about furniture craftsmen and discuss the stylistic and aesthetic development of their art; works that examine the sociological, political, economic and environmental conditions within which furniture craftsmen worked, as well as furniture factories and furniture retail businesses themselves; and general works useful in the study of American furniture are cited. The bibliography consists of four main sections, the first of which deals with the life and work of individual furniture makers and designers. The second section focuses on groups of furniture craftsmen. Works of a general nature that contribute to the study of American furniture are found in section three. The fourth section contains furniture trade catalogs published by manufacturers and wholesalers for salesmen and retail stores. A two-part appendix lists furniture trade periodicals published mainly during the years 1880-1930, and manuscript repositories containing materials relevant to furniture. Three indexes--craftsman, author-title, and subject complete the volume.
Author | : Klaus-Jürgen Sembach |
Publisher | : Schiffer Book for Collectors w |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : |
500 photos and text of the most outstanding modern furniture from around the world, including simple chairs to complex masterpieces and installations representing the work of the foremost designers of the 20th century. Including materials from wood to plastic, and steel to Lucite. Price Guide included.
Author | : Christopher Long |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2007-01-01 |
Genre | : Design |
ISBN | : 0300121024 |
A comprehensive view of the life, work, and ideas of one of the creative giants of modern American design Arriving in the United States in 1914, Viennese-born Paul T. Frankl (1886-1958) brought with him an outsider's fresh perspective and an enthusiasm for forging a uniquely American design aesthetic. In the years between the two world wars he, more than any other designer, helped shape the distinctive look of American modernism. This authoritative book draws on an extensive collection of unpublished documents and family papers and photographs to provide the first full account of Frankl's life and ideas. The book also explores the history of modern American design and the extent of Frankl's influence on its trajectory. In the early 1920s, Frankl opened a New York City shop that became an epicenter of American modernism. Over the next decades, his work encompassed everything from individual pieces of furniture and decorative accessories to entire interiors, and his style continuously evolved, from early "Skyscraper" furniture to relaxed and casual designs favored by the Hollywood elite in the 1930s to manufactured pieces for the mass market in the 1950s. The book charts the impact of Frankl's ideas on merchants and consumers, on his fellow designers, and on the changing look of American homes and workplaces. With close to 170 illustrations, Paul T. Frankl and Modern American Design is an essential reference on 20th-century design.
Author | : Daniel Libeskind |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Architecture, Postmodern |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John S. Bowman |
Publisher | : Gramercy |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : |
A history of American furniture covers pieces between the seventeenth century and the present and describes every period and type of furniture while providing insight into the historical influences that shaped furniture design.
Author | : Jean Taylor Federico |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 78 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9780913515754 |
Let this compact guide introduce you to furniture made in America from the 1650s to the 1900s. It presents drawings of rooms, representative pieces, and details from the great style periods; defines terms; and describes how diverse cultures have affected American furniture design and manufacture.