Asian Furniture: A Directory and Sourcebook - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0500513783 ISBN 13: 9780500513781

Casa editrice: Thames & Hudson, 2007

Riassunto

Evaluates the influence of western tastes on Asian furniture design in eight distinct countries, tracing the expansion of furniture design as a major decorative art and how diverse pieces are treasured by collectors and aficionados worldwide.

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An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 308 pages; 308 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 32 cm. Summary: Western-style furniture was a relatively late arrival in Asia, where climates and lifestyles were markedly different from those in Europe. But colonial incursions and circumstances of history conspired to bring about profound changes, and furniture design in Asia blossomed into a major decorative art. Each of the eight countries covered here - China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Tibet and the Philippines - developed its own particular designs, creating pieces furniture as works of art. Today these diverse pieces are treasured by collectors worldwide, from Manhattan lofts to Parisian apartments, as well as in the countries they originated. Subjects: Furniture -- Asia -- History.

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• Editore: Thames & Hudson
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0500513783
• ISBN 13: 9780500513781
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 307
• Redattore: Moss Peter