Furniture
STUFF: UPHOLSTERY, FABRIC, FRAME
Written by Osborne, Lorraine
Top upholsterer Lorraine Osborne guides you in how to unleash creativity and flaunt your style through upholstering old chairs. Far too much furniture is thrown away--and with it the perfectly good materials and resources it contains that ought to be reused. It's time we changed that. It's not the furniture that's lacking: it's our imaginations.
BUILD A PHILADELPHIA CHIPPENDALE DRESSING TABLE: A COMPLETE STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
Written by Kubalak, Tony
Build one of the most iconic and elegant forms in American furniture history. Expert furniture crafter Kubalak teaches how to craft a reproduction of one of the most highly embellished and finest examples ever made. Using step-by-step photos, Kubalak directs the serious student through this complex project by breaking it into several subprojects, then combining them into the completed piece.
CROSS CULTURAL CHAIRS: DIVERSIFYING MODERN SEATING
How people sit and are seated: an anthropology of chair design
ARTISAN DESIGN: COLLECTIBLE FURNITURE IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Written by Gura, Judith
Artisan craft is quickly evolving to combine handwork with machine technology, providing unlimited possibilities for customization. By enabling designers to construct one-o furniture pieces for galleries, exhibitions, and clients, this synthesis of art, design, and technology has created a wealth of collectible pieces.
MID-CENTURY MODERN - VISIONARY FURNITURE DESIGN FROM VIENNA
Written by Wohlgemuth, Caroline
Wien verlor im Jahr 1938 seine kreativsten und besten Köpfe: Ein Riss in der Zeit, der sich quer durch alle Wissenschaften und Künste manifestierte und bis heute spürbar bleibt - auch im Möbeldesign.
JOSEPH URBAN: UNLOCKING AN ART DECO BEDROOM
Written by Dehan, Amy M
This volume, which accompanies the exhibition Unlocking an Art Deco Bedroom by Joseph Urban, examines the impact of Austrian-born architect and designer Joseph Urban (1872-1933), on the development and acceptance of American Modernism through the story of one of his last commissions.
CHINOISERIE
Written by Hayman, Richard
A beautifully illustrated introduction to the seventeenth-to-nineteenth-century mania for all things Chinese, from blue-and-white china tea sets to entire suites of Chinese-inspired rooms, including parts of the sumptuous Brighton Pavilion. Chinoiserie is the taste for Chinese-inspired designs that were fashionable in Europe from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries.
THOMAS CHIPPENDALE
Written by Lomax, James
Using beautiful illustrations, this new book explores the life and work of Thomas Chippendale, the most famous furniture designer and manufacturer of the eighteenth century. For at least 150 years, Thomas Chippendale has been synonymous with beautifully made eighteenth-century furniture in a variety of styles - Rococo, Chinese, Gothic, and Neoclassical.
MODERN GOTHIC: THE INVENTIVE FURNITURE OF KIMBEL AND CABUS, 1863-82
Kimbel and Cabus were among the most progressive design reformers of their time. Modern Gothic is the first publication to explore the timeless American immigrant success story of the trailblazing New York City design team who captured national attention with their imaginative furniture forms and defined a significant aesthetic in the United States.
CARLO MOLLINO - DESIGNS
Written by Pier Paolo Peruccio
Carlo Mollino (1905-1973), figlio unico dell'ingegnere Eugenio, nasce a Torino, dove all'inizio degli anni Trenta avvia un'attività professionale, parallela però a quelle singolari passioni che contribuiscono a costruirne la fama, poliedrica e multidisciplinare.
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