HIGH STYLES TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN DESIGN. BY LISA PHILLIPS . COPYRIGHT 1985. WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, NY. HUGE SOFT COVER BOOK. MEASURES 11.25X11.25". 216 PGS. 205 ILLUSTRATIONS, 60 IN COLOR!

FROM THE 1985 EXHIBITION AT THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, NY. THE BEST IN AMERICAN DESIGN FEATURING FURNITURE, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, AND DECORATIVE OBJECTS. GORGEOUS FURNITURE, LIGHTING, TEXTILES, TABLEWARE, GLASSWARE, SILVER , ARCHITECTURE, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND MORE! THE BEST DESIGNS FROM THE 1920'S THROUGH THE 1970'S.

INCLUDES DESIGNS BY LIBBEY GLASS, TIFFANY AND CO, GUSTAV STICKLEY, FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, DONALD DESKEY, JOSEPH URBAN, RUTH COLLINS, GEORGE STEEDMAN, A.E. SCHOENHUT CO, PAUL T FRANKL, RAYMOND LOEWY, SAMUEL A MARX, T.H. ROBSJOHN - GIBBINGS, RUSSEL WRIGHT, FREDERICK KIESLER, CHARLES AND RAY EAMES, RALPH RAPSON, ISAMU NOGUCHI, HENRY DREYFUSS, GEORGE NELSON, EERO SAARINEN, CRAIG ELLWOOD, PIERRE KOENIG, R.M. SCHINDLER, A. QUINCY JONES, FREDERICK E EMMONS, GEORGE NAKASHIMA, MILO BAUGHMAN, ALEXANDER GIRARD, WENDELL CASTLE, FRANK GEHRY, DALE CHIHULY, CHARLES PFISTER, WILLIAM BALDWIN, WARD BENNETT, MICHAEL GRAVES, AND MANY OTHERS.

CONTENTS FOREWORD BY TOM ARMSTRONG, INTRO BY LISA PHILLIPS, 1900-1915 TRADITION AND REFORM BY DAVID A HANDS, JENNIFER TOHER, 1915-1930 TRADITIONALISM AND DESIGN : OLD MODELS FOR THE NEW BY DAVID GEBHARD, 1930-1945 WORLD OF TOMORROW : THE FUTURE WITH A PAST BY ROSEMARIE HAAG BLETTER, 1945-1960 THE RATIONALIST PERIOD EBY STHER MCCOY, 1960-1975 INTERIOR LANDSCAPE AND POLITICS OF CHANGE BY MARTIN FILLER, 1975-1985 TOTAL STYLE BY LISA PHILLIPS