Vintage Furniture is a celebration of the inspiring designs, leading designers, and amazing advances in furniture manufacturing of the past century and up to the present day. With public interest in retro styling stronger than ever, Vintage Furniture is an invaluable historical reference and source book for every collector of furniture, whether they enjoy following a particular designer or certain mehr lesen ...
Schlagworte: Vintage Furniture ISBN-10: 9781844426294 ISBN-13: 9781844426294 Fay Sweet Vintage Furniture is a celebration of the inspiring designs, leading designers, and amazing advances in furniture manufacturing of the past century and up to the present day. With public interest in retro styling stronger than ever, Vintage Furniture is an invaluable historical reference and source book for every collector of furniture, whether they enjoy following a particular designer or certain era of design history.The reader is led through the evolution of design styles, new materials and production techniques along a chronological route within each design movement. Each chapter weaves historical information with groundbreaking key furniture icons. Beautiful examples of highly collectible furniture are shown in their original settings as well as in specially illustrated interior locations. Every chapter also includes profiles of key designers of the period, from Marcel Breuer and Arne Jacobsen to Joe Columbo and Philippe Starck. Each chapter culminates with a round-up of the key classic icons of the movement. Over 200 items are illustrated in colour and a full international source directory guides design hunters in search of up-to-date information on where to buy. design art sixties furniture - meubelkunst - mobilier

Introduction;Miko Vasques Dias The decorative use of native timbers in the production of vernacular furniture in Scotland, Wales and England in the 18th and 19th centuries Bernard Cotton; Patina on furniture Herman den Otter; Irish vernacular furniture through art Claudia Kinmonth ; Painted furniture from Hohenlohe-Franken, a rural area in the north-eastern part of Baden-Württemberg, Karl mehr lesen ...
Schlagworte: Vernacular Furniture - Context, form, analysis Miko Vasques Dias meubelen handelingen furniture antiek antique symposium Proceedings

The sleek lines of Danish Modern furniture took the design world by storm in the mid-twentieth century. Among the American companies that manufactured this style of furniture was the Heywood-Wakefield Co., based in Gardner, Massachusetts. Known widely today for their lines of blonde furniture, Heywood-Wakefield addressed the American family's desire for an informal yet sophisticated look through i mehr lesen ...
Schlagworte: Danish Modern Scandinavian Furniture Heywood-Wakefield desgin meubelen mobel furniture ontwerp antiek antiques Baker

Brimming with images and insightful text, this unique book is the benchmark reference on what is arguably the most influential and important furniture brand of our time. It reveals in unparalleled detail how Charles and Ray Eames as well as a talented team of designers worked to create pieces that still top bestseller lists. The book describes the key role played by the Eames Office's own developm mehr lesen ...
Schlagworte: Marilyn John Neuhart The Story of Eames Furniture Saarinen, Harry Bertoia, Herbert Matter design meubel moble furniture Charles en Ray Eames

Published in conjunction with the exhibition. Before Industrialization : bent wood and bent metal in the hands of the craftsman. Michael Thonet and the development of bent-wood furniture : from workshop to factory production. The development of the bent-wood furniture industry, 1869 - 1914. Bent wood production and the Viennese avant-garde : Thonet Brothers and J. and J. Kohn, 1899 - 1914. Furnish mehr lesen ...
Schlagworte: OSTERGARD BENT WOOD AND METAL FURNITURE 1850 1946 gebogen hout bois tourné meubel binnenhuis interieur interior design New York American Federation of Arts tentoonstelling exposition exhibition craftsman Michael Thonet Kohn furniture - meubelkunst - mobilier