Modern Furniture Classics
Postwar to Post-Modernism
Charlotte Fiell
Peter Fiell
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| 'An excellent guide to understanding and buying modern furniture with classic status' | | – Homes and Gardens |
Containing some of the most spectacular colour photographs of furniture ever published, this book presents a visual history of furniture design from 1945 to the post-modern era.
In this exciting period new materials and techniques created previously undreamed-of possibilities which were exploited to the full by innovative furniture designers such as Charles and Ray Eames, Harry Bertoia, Eero Saarinen and Ettore Sottsass. New styles include the factory lights and scaffolding supports of High-Tech, the Craft Revival, Art Furniture and Ergonomic styling, with each trend continuing to show intriguing national and regional differences.
This stunning survey has become the standard work on the furniture of the entire period: every piece included is able to stand for all time as a classic work of design. Illustrated with over 140 colour reproductions, and detailed descriptions, it is completed by a comprehensive reference section, detailed designer biographies, a bibliography, advice on collecting and a list of retail outlets and museums.
Charlotte and Peter Fiell are leading authorities on twentieth-century design and have written numerous books on the subject. Together they run a design consultancy in London.
Also of interest:
Scandinavian Furniture
An Eames Primer |
|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500283001 | | ISBN-13 978-0500283004 | | | | 30.0 x 22.4 cm | | Paperback | | 192pp | | 347 illustrations, 144 in colour | | First published 2001 | | | | £19.95 | | | |  | | | | 
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