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On the Edge of Your Seat
The Center For Art In Wood
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Description for On the Edge of Your Seat
Num Pages: 288 pages, 211 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: AKR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 315 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1998.
Over 200 photos plus insightful essays from a variety of perspectives celebrate the chair—the centerpiece of furniture arts over the course of American furniture making—in this inspiring showcase of 45 works from 39 artists. These chairs, benches, and stools are sculptural, conceptual, functional (and occasionally dysfunctional) seating, reflecting the dramatic latest evolution since the storied history of chairmaking in Philadelphia. Statements by each of the artists offer their sources of inspiration and creativity. The chairs, set against the backdrop of the world's mass-production and petroleum-based materials, stand as a beacon to the vitality and critical importance of independent ... Read more
Over 200 photos plus insightful essays from a variety of perspectives celebrate the chair—the centerpiece of furniture arts over the course of American furniture making—in this inspiring showcase of 45 works from 39 artists. These chairs, benches, and stools are sculptural, conceptual, functional (and occasionally dysfunctional) seating, reflecting the dramatic latest evolution since the storied history of chairmaking in Philadelphia. Statements by each of the artists offer their sources of inspiration and creativity. The chairs, set against the backdrop of the world's mass-production and petroleum-based materials, stand as a beacon to the vitality and critical importance of independent ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764351693
SKU
V9780764351693
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About The Center For Art In Wood
The Center for Art in Wood is a nonprofit arts and educational institution in Philadelphia that features international contemporary art made from wood in changing exhibits, a museum collection showing the breadth of art created from wood, and a research library.
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