Furniture: The Western Tradition: History, Style, Design
John Morley
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Description for Furniture: The Western Tradition: History, Style, Design
Hardcover. A history of furniture. It documents the aesthetics of furniture, its social and cultural context, the sequence of styles, and the individual touches of craftsmen or designers used to give it character. Works by designers such as Boulle and Chippendale appear in the context of their times. Num Pages: 352 pages, 680 illustrations, 173 in colour. BIC Classification: ACB; AFT; WCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 305 x 250. Weight in Grams: 2450. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Fine in dust jacket. DJ has minor wear and discolouring to edges
A history of furniture. John Morely documents the aesthetics of furniture, its social and cultural context, the sequence of styles - from Ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman through Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and onwards - and the individual touches of craftsmen or designers used to give it character. The story is shaped by the conflict between "Classical" and "anti-Classical", order and fantasy, and includes exotic styles from China and Japan, India and Africa. Furniture finds a huge variety of forms, depending on comfort and convenience but also changing fashions in interiors, as well as the influence of politics, religion, architecture and ... Read more
A history of furniture. John Morely documents the aesthetics of furniture, its social and cultural context, the sequence of styles - from Ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman through Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and onwards - and the individual touches of craftsmen or designers used to give it character. The story is shaped by the conflict between "Classical" and "anti-Classical", order and fantasy, and includes exotic styles from China and Japan, India and Africa. Furniture finds a huge variety of forms, depending on comfort and convenience but also changing fashions in interiors, as well as the influence of politics, religion, architecture and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500019481
SKU
KOG0007012
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
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