A History of Furniture: Celebrating Baker Furniture/100 Years of Fine Reproductions - Couverture rigide

Burchell, S. C.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0810931079 ISBN 13 : 9780810931077

Editeur : Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1991

Synopsis

1991. 176 S. Mit zahlr. auch farb. Abb. Originalleinen mit Schutzumschlag. Umschlag leicht berieben, sonst gutes Exemplar. - Sam Burchel`s delightful, fact-filled text takes the reader through history with a sharp eye for telling details of style, and a host of charming anecdotes. More than 175 color and black-and-white photographs of room views and classic furniture illustrate the narrative. The parade of furniture styles through the ages has been marked by a continuing flow of innovation and imitation. One era`s fashions often became another`s castaways, but in time, revivals of taste caused renewals of interest in the past. By the 20th century, nearly all older furniture styles had become fashionable again, both in the collection of antiques and especially in the ownership of first-quality reproductions. For 100 years, Baker Furniture has been a leader in the manufacture of fine furniture. Specializing in English and American styles of the 18th and 19th centuries, Baker, founded in 1890, has merged hand craftsmanship with sophisticated modern methods to produce superior objects of authentic period design. In this book the reader will find not only a great variety of period pieces, but a wealth of Baker`s own versions of classic furniture styles - from Queen Anne and Chippendale to Danish modern and contemporary. Distinguished collections by Baker, based on objects in the stately homes of England and America`s historic Charleston, stand side by side with their original models, offering the reader an opportunity to study the essential elements in the styles of past and present.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0810931079
• ISBN 13: 9780810931077
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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