Art Deco Furniture: The French Designers - Brossura

Duncan, Alastair

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ISBN 10: 0500276609 ISBN 13: 9780500276600

Casa editrice: Thames & Hudson, 1992

Riassunto

The Art Deco movement, which swept through Europe and the United States in the early twentieth century, signaled the beginning of the modern age of design. This dazzling and distinctive style, with its emphasis on up-to-date individuality combined with good taste, fine materials, and exquisite workmanship, soon created new standards in furniture design, architecture, and the decorative arts. In furniture especially, the French predominated, from the virtuoso cabinet-making of Ruhlman to the brilliant originality of Gray and Legrain.

In Art Deco Furniture, Alastair Duncan introduces us to the work of eighty-five French architects, interior designers, and furniture makers. These pioneering designers replaced the heavy, stylized work of the past with furniture that was simpler in concept, geometric in form, and highlighted by dramatic lines and elegant curves. The color and monochrome photographs-almost all of them specially commissioned for this book-form a valuable portfolio of Art Deco furniture. This detailed study serves as both an essential reference book for collectors and a marvelous chronicle of one of the most exciting design movements in the history of the decorative arts.

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• Editore: Thames & Hudson
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0500276609
• ISBN 13: 9780500276600
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192