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Book SynopsisWhat if Picasso had been a chair maker and Stravinsky a designer of tables? What would have been the impact of such intense creative talent on twentieth-century furniture? Today there is a man with this quality of profound artistic vision and talent who has devoted his life to making furniture. His name is Sam Maloof, and this book is his life and work told in his own words. Sam Maloof started making furniture immediately after World War II, when there was very little demand for hand-made objects. His perseverance through 'years of difficulty is a
Trade Review... handles prose with the same clear, natural manner with which he applies a chisel to a walnut board." —
The New York Times"It is hard to imagine a book more representative of Maloof's work than this exquisitely crafted volume." —
Los Angeles Times"An inviting, visual, intellectual and emotional experience." —
American Craft"Sam Maloof, one of the best of them." —
Time
