Furniture design Books
Massachusetts Historical Society The Cabinetmaker and the Carver: Boston Furniture
Book SynopsisFor centuries Boston has been one of the most important furniture-making centres in America. Soon after the town’s founding in 1630, Boston’s joiners and turners were the first craftsmen to make furniture in British North America, and the city’s cabinetmakers contributed to the art and craft of furniture making throughout the elegant colonial and federal periods. Its factories and designers have also been a source of fine furniture, creating major pieces in the various revival styles of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Massachusetts Historical Society, The Cabinetmaker and the Carver showcases rare and exemplary pieces from private collections, illustrating three centuries of Boston history through carefully selected examples of furniture that represent the trajectory of this great tradition. Distributed for the Massachusetts Historical Society.
£23.36
Taylor & Francis The Design Production and Reception of EighteenthCentury Wallpaper in Britain
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£39.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd FurnitureMakers and Consumers in England 17541851
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£128.25
Cambridge University Press Chinese Furniture Introductions to Chinese Culture
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£22.23
Cambridge University Press First Additional Supplement to the Encyclopaedia of Cottage Farm and Villa Architecture and Furniture
Book SynopsisAfter an enthusiastic response to his 1833 encyclopaedia of rural architecture (also reissued in this series), landscape gardener John Claudius Loudon (17831843) published this illustrated supplement in 1842. He and his contributors discuss many recent developments in the field and improvements in the design of rural buildings.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Cottages for country labourers and mechanics, and for gardeners, foresters, bailiffs ...; 2. Cottage villas and villas; 3. Farm buildings; 4. Schools, inns, workhouses, and almshouses; 5. Details of construction applicable to cottages, farm buildings, villas, &c.; 6. Fittings-up, finishing, and furnishing; 7. Hints to proprietors desirous of improving the labourers' cottages on their estates; General index.
£20.99
Thames and Hudson Ltd Sofas
Book SynopsisA celebration of this centrepiece of the modern home through the work of more than 160 designers - from timeless design icons to future classics.
£22.20
Thames & Hudson Ltd Artists Homes
Book SynopsisAn intimate look at the interiors, lifestyles and houses belonging to a wide range of artists and makers.Trade Review'Celebrates an attitude to life … the antidote to the standard coffee table book' - The Spaces'Tom Harford Thompson goes snooping inside the homes of artists and craftsmen to uncover how the creative among us live' - City AM'A tour of creative spaces, from an eco tree house to a reclaimed factory' - Homes & AntiquesTable of ContentsBilly Childish • Jonny Hannah • Peter Hall • Lisa Smallpiece • Sarah Walton • Viv & Ben English • Anthony & Lori Inglis-Hall • Carolyn Trant • Chris Lewis • Patrick Hall • James Mitchell • Hamish Black • Tom Reeves • Hamish McKenzie • Steve Turner • Liam Watson • Ian Hatton • Penny Rimbaud & Gee Vaucher • Alan Dodd • Daniel • John & Diana Morley • Thomas & Angel Zatorski • Steve Lowe • Corina Fletcher • Mark Wilson • Robert Hayward • Alison Morris
£30.43
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Classic Herman Miller
Book SynopsisThe great postwar modern furniture designs are classics, because they are still great. Herman Miller, the company that led the office revolution, is a name synonymous with the best modern residential as well as contract furniture. Classics by super-designers - Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, and Isamu Noguchi - can still be purchased from the Herman Miller for the Home collection.Their designs, plus the work of more than a dozen other important Herman Miller designers, are described here in detail and shown in color and black and white photographs, plus original drawings by Nelson and the famous Frykholm picnic posters, all from the Herman Miller archives.This book is essential for collectors, dealers, curators, designers, and other devotees of modernism.
£39.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd The Gustav Stickley Photo Archives
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£51.19
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Shaker Furniture
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£33.29
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Laverne
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£39.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Creating a Fine Art Entry Table
Book SynopsisWith over 220 beautiful color photos and concise text, this book presents all the steps necessary to create a stunning entry table that blends the clean lines and aesthetics of Shaker and Japanese furniture to make a distinctive, eye-catching form. More than just a how to book, it shows the entire designing and building process, including instructions for legs, stretchers, top, and finishing. Additionally, the author shares the most important lessons he has learned in over 20 years of designing and making furniture. Woodworkers and all who are passionate about fine furniture will want to build this table.
£20.69
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Building a Panel Bedroom Suite
Book SynopsisSolid joinery, commonly found woodworking tools, and timeless design combine to make both the panel bed and armoire described in this book a joy to build. Detailed, easily understood descriptions, accompanied by over 280 clear color photos and 34 detailed plans, explain and show every step of the furniture building process. Most of the joinery is made at the table saw. The moldings are made with a router, using standard bits individually or in combination. Subtle details, which make this bed and armoire unique in their designs, are easily accomplished with commonly found woodshop tools. If you have thought of building a detailed piece of furniture but want something other than Queen Anne or another often repeated period style, this is the book for you.
£20.69
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Marges Custom Slipcovers
Book SynopsisMarge Jones has mastered an alternative slip-covering technique to help people with all levels of sewing skills create their own snug-fitting covers for chairs, benches, sofas, and more. With detailed instructions and photos, Marge guides you through the process of refurbishing and customizing virtually all your living room, dining room, bedroom, and even patio furniture. Her method eliminates the muslin or paper pattern-making process, saving precious time and energy, while achieving a tighter, more attractive fit. This edition includes special sections on how to install essential components such as zippers and decking, and tips on how to add height to and restyle arms on furniture. Snug-fit, easy-to-make custom slipcovers fit so well that the furniture looks brand new. Home furnishings of all shapes and sizes are restored in this indispensable manual, proving that almost all furniture can be custom-slip-covered.
£20.69
Schiffer Publishing Ltd David N Ebner Studio Furniture
Book SynopsisToday''s American, hand-crafted furniture is bristling with originality. Blending art and functionality, David Ebner creates unique benches, tables, and chairs. This designer-craftsman''s work subtly surpasses the limits of the furniture world and often crosses over into the realm of sculpture. Fine woods with interesting patterns are featured in his practical designs, which reflect natural elements of the places where he has worked in New York state. He fuses traditional and modern techniques and is well known for his scallion coat rack, Renwick benches, and Bellport chairs. See more than 340 color photos and sketches of Ebner''s designs for diverse forms created with twisted sticks, tubular metal, iron sections, and bamboo laminates. In his lifetime, he''s made more than 1,400 pieces. Especially interesting are projects he continues to design today in his ever-evolving style.
£33.29
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Rooted Creating a Sense of Place
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£28.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Carving 18thCentury American Furniture Motifs
Book SynopsisThe carved embellishments found on eighteenth-century American furniture pieces are what make them memorable works of art. This book directs the serious student through nine authentic elements from the colonial period. Each chapter is devoted to one element and provides pattern drawings, detailed instructions, and abundant photographs of every step. Learn how to execute the entire process from sculpting the surface to layout, roughing in the shapes and levels, and finally carving the details. The selected projects are chosen from historically important eighteenth-century furniture and adorned some of the best pieces ever made. Although the book tackles advanced topics, the instruction is logical and complete so that the serious reader, independent of skill, can successfully work through the steps.
£20.69
Rizzoli International Publications Designpop
Book SynopsisDesignPOP is a survey of trends in contemporary furniture and products that reveals how design is not only changing with the times—it is inventing the future. The game-changing projects that compose DesignPOP push the boundaries of our expectations and show us new ideas, new possibilities, and ultimately new products that enrich our lives. The bar has been permanently raised as we enter the next century, and the proliferation of innovative designs continues. New materials and processes are being invented, convention and traditions are constantly being challenged, and sustainability and social responsibility are influencing new directions. Even the definition of designer is changing as the lines between disciplines begin to blur, with new technology from companies like Apple and Dyson radically altering both form and function. Historic boundaries disappear, designers innovate their way through roadblocks, and the twenty-first century is experiencing a design renaissance unparallelTrade Review“The bright, cheery tome surveys the most innovative pieces of technology and product design since 2000, objects that straddle the line between furnishing and sculpture, device and art installation. A chair of hammered metal by Marijn van der Poll, for example, resembles the imploded steel sculptures of Ewerdt Hilgemann. And, by experimenting with resin-dyed vibrant hues, Patrick Norguet created a chair that is equal parts household item and Pop Art.” –Architectural Digest“Lively descriptions-not to mention its eye-popping pink cover - keep the tome accessible to even the most uninitiated readers interested in contemporary design." –Surface Magazine “I was very excited to find out that architect and designer Lisa Roberts, is releasing a new book called DesignPOP. Lisa has amassed an incredible collection of modern design items, which she calls “Antiques of the Future”…Her new book focuses on game-changing design and products that pioneer. From materials to technology to production methods, Lisa explores some of the pieces we’re already beginning to see as design classics.” –Design-Milk.com"DesignPOP is a curated selection of game-changing product design in the 21st century highlighting ideas, production processes, materials and more that have changed the way we think about design. The book features eighty-two products that push the boundaries of any expectations. Whether they pioneer the use of a new material and/or production process, take sustainability to the next level of design, or innovate in technology and functionality-each product is important in its own right. DesignPOP acts as a bridge between the world of design and the general public, and encourages the reader to explore the design world around them and the products within that world.” –Dexigner.com “Wry Humor, Good Design: designPOP. The cover says it all. There’s a wry sense of humor at work here, and more of that to come inside. And so she has in the new book, using her [Roberts] own wit and insight to explain why a particular design is good and why we should pay attention to it…the book intends to opens up the conversation between art, design and craft.” –Architects + Artisans “DesignPOP is a survey of trends in contemporary furniture and products that reveals how design is not only changing with the times, it is inventing the future. The game changing projects that compose DesignPOP push the boundaries of human expectations and show new ideas, new possibilities and ultimately new products that enrich people’s lives. The book presents work from stars in the field…” –Editor at Large"With the digital universe expanding, there are ample platforms for users to judge and consume goods, determining their place in material culture. DesignPOP places itself in that trajectory as this boldly designed volume attempts the Sisyphean task of historicizing objects in a valuable way." –Identity Dubai
£25.00
Schiffer Publishing Ltd A Guide to Sandwich Glass
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£19.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd A Guide to Sandwich Glass
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£19.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd A Guide to Sandwich Glass
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£20.69
Schiffer Publishing Ltd A Guide to Sandwich Glass
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£20.69
Schiffer Publishing Ltd A Guide To Sandwich Glass Pressed Tableware From
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£23.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd A Guide to Sandwich Glass
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£23.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Bookend Revue
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£23.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Furniture of the Arts Crafts Period
Book SynopsisEarly 20th century manufactured furniture in the Arts & Crafts style is popular again today. The famous Americn firms L. & J. G. Stickley, Limbert, Roycroft and others manufactured bold oak styles that featured simplicity of design and decoration. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright''s designs combined with Mission Oak style to become the standard of the time. Descriptions include the product number, dimensions, and suggested values at today''s markets.
£17.09
Chipstone Foundation American Furniture 2010
Book SynopsisAn annual publication forging a link between social history, American studies, and the decorative arts
£57.95
Chipstone Foundation American Furniture 2011
Book SynopsisAn annual publication forging a link between social history, American studies, and the decorative arts
£57.95
Chipstone Foundation American Furniture 2014
Book SynopsisAn annual publication forging a link between social history, American studies, and the decorative arts. Acknowledged as the journal of record in its field, American Furniture presents new research on furniture design, use, production, and appreciation.
£57.95
Chipstone Foundation American Furniture 2015
Book SynopsisAcknowledged as the journal of record in its field, American Furniture presents new research on furniture design, use, production, and appreciation. Begun in 1993, this award-winning annual provides a comprehensive forum on furniture history, technology, connoisseurship, and conservation by the foremost scholars in the field.
£54.90
Chipstone Foundation American Furniture 2016 American Furniture Annual
Book SynopsisAn annual publication forging a link between social history, American studies, and the decorative arts
£54.90
Chipstone Foundation American Furniture 2017
Book SynopsisAn annual publication forging a link between social history, American studies, and the decorative arts
£54.90
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Know Your Home Furnishings
Book SynopsisA comprehensive resource for understanding the categories of consumer goods for the home and the raw products utilized to make them, Know Your Home Furnishings, Second Edition, enables students to understand the major categories of home furnishings and the diverse consumer demand for fashionable and functional products. This new edition is up-to-date with all the latest industry trends and important people. With new material covering kitchenware, electronics, window treatments, and historical furniture, Know Your Home Furnishings is more indispensable than ever.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Part I: Introduction to the Home Furnishing Industry 1. Home Furnishings and the Marketplace Part II: Materials in Home Furnishings 2. Textiles 3. Wood 4. Glass 5. Pottery 6. Plastics 7. Metals 8. Other Materials Part III: The Categories of Home Furnishings 9. Furniture 10. Bedding 11. Linens and Window Treatments 12. Carpets, Rugs, and Flooring 13. Tableware and Kitchenware 14. Lighting 15. Paints and Wallcoverings Glossary Index
£111.87
The Old Mill Press Kem Weber: Mid-Century Furniture Designs for the
Book SynopsisKem Weber (1889-1960), a well-known mid-century architect, was part of the distinctive West Coast modernism movement that helped shaped the relaxed California lifestyle. He influenced California style during the mid-twentieth century with buildings architecture, interior designs and furniture, including his famed Air Line chair, which is part of many museum furniture collections. As chief designer for the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank in 1939, Kem Weber also designed the specialised animation furniture that went into the then new studio complex. The Disney animation furniture, which has been lauded in recent years, was designed for specific animation disciplines with input from the artists that would be using it. It was all part of Walt Disney's desire to create an efficient utopian campus for animated film production. This book is a comprehensive overview of the Kem Weber designed Disney animation furniture that takes the reader on a journey from concept sketches and photos to interviews with legendary artists. David A Bossert celebrates and details the form and function of this unique mid-century furniture and the impact it had on the Disney animation process over the decades.
£20.85
Thames & Hudson Ornament Is Not a Crime
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£40.00
Thames & Hudson Beachside Modern
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£31.50
Editions Flammarion The Design Lab: Galerie kreo
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£31.48
Gebruder Mann Verlag Designpatente Der Moderne 1840-1970
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£76.00
Prestel Design: The Whole Story
Book SynopsisFrom the 18th century to the present, every aspect of design is covered in one single, spectacularly designed volume that will appeal to experts and general audiences alike. This chronologically organized compendium guides readers through the evolution of modern design, from its emergence in the 18th century to the present. Generously illustrated chapters trace the development of design: the classical revival, the "Art for All" movement, the Japanese influence and Art Nouveau. From there it explores topics such as how the industrial revolution changed the way we create and consume products; identity and conformity in the postwar world; brand loyalty and the counterculture; "Industrial Chic" and "Style Bibles"; the Digital Age and design with a conscience. Along the way readers will discover the close ties between design and social and cultural development. Iconic works that mark significant steps forward—such as Marcel Breuer’s Wassily chair, the creation of the IBM logo, and Matthew Carter’s introduction of a typeface designed to be read on computer screens—are analyzed in terms of their development, impact, and historic importance. An illustrated timeline highlights key influences and events from three centuries. Compiled with the help of an international team of noted design historians and critics, this fascinating and comprehensive book reveals how nearly every aspect of our lives is touched by design.Trade Review"Design: The Whole Story, [is] an astounding compendium of the roots of modern design, its influences and uses that covers over three centuries of noteworthy achievements. The book is lavishly illustrated and enticingly informative as to the specific topics it covers. From Legos and Tupperware to the Eames Chair, Design: The Whole Story is engaging, a fascinating read, and a valuable resource for the curious minded." —New York Journal of Books"The book does a wonderful job of illustrating the scope of design, providing detailed analysis of its role and expression of culture and commerce…The visuals – both color and black and white – are excellent." -Choice
£31.46
Sandstein Kommunikation GmbH A Class of their Own: Historical Ship Interiors
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£21.60
Editorial Gg El Diseño Como Actitud
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£27.34
