HISTORY OF MODERN FURNITURE BY KARL MANG (1979)

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HISTORY OF MODERN FURNITURE. BY KARL MANG. HUGE HARDCOVER BOOK WITH DUSTJACKET. COPYRIGHT 1979. MEASURES 9X11.5". 185 PAGES. 383 GORGEOUS B&W PHOTOS.

"MANG, PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, TRACES THE DEVELOPMENT OF FURNITURE FROM EARLY 19TH CENTURY TO THE 1970'S. HE REAPPRAISES THE MILESTONES OF MODERN FURNITURE FROM THONET'S BENTWOOD CHAIRS TO MIES VAN DER ROHE'S ELEGANT BARCELONA CHAIR TO JOE COLOMBO'S MULTI-PURPOSE PLASTIC FURNITURE. INTERNATIONAL IN SCOPE, BOOK GIVES COVERAGE TO AMERICAN SHAKER, WILLIAM MORRIS ARTS AND CRAFTS, ART NOUVEAU, DE STIJL, BAUHAUS, INTERNATIONAL STYLE, SCANDINAVIAN, MODERN CLASSICS BY KNOLL AND MILLER AND ITALIAN INNOVATIONS. EXCELLENT , CRISPLY CAPTIONED PHOTOS ARE CONVENIENTLY KEYED TO THE TEXT. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND COMPLETE INDEX ENHANCE THE REFERENCE VALUE OF THIS PROVOCATIVE VOLUME".

INSIDE THE BOOK YOU WILL FIND DESIGNS BY ALVAR AALTO, FRANCO ALBINI, ARTEMIDE, HARRY BERTOIA, MARCEL BREUER, CASSINA, CHARLES AND RAY EAMES, ANTONI GAUDI, WALTER GROPIUS, FRITZ AND JOHANNES HANSEN, POUL HENNINGSEN, ARNE JACOBSEN, PIERRE JEANNERET, FINN JUHL, POUL KJAERHOLM, HANS AND FLORENCE KNOLL, LE CORBUSIER, LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE, GEORGE NELSON, RICHARD NEUTRA, GIO PONTI, EERO AND ELIEL SAARINEN, TOBIA SCARPA , DE STIJL , MICHAEL THONET, HANS WEGNER, FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, AND MANY OTHERS.