Main entry:

Gandy, Charles D., author.

Title & Author:

Contemporary classics : furniture of the masters / Charles D. Gandy, Susan Zimmermann-Stidham.

Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1981]
©1981

Description:

xi, 177 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-171) and index.
The Arts and Crafts movement : a philosophical beginning -- Art Nouveau : the search for modern style -- Pre-World War I design : prelude to contemporary furniture -- Michael Thonet : the exception -- Michael Thonet -- The International style : the rational furniture of the 1920s -- Marcel Breuer -- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe -- Le Corbusier -- Scandinavian design : the Nordic option -- Alvar Aalto -- Hans J. Wegner -- The post-World War II American scene -- Charles Eames -- Eero Saarinen -- The 60s and 70s : a potpourri of design -- Contemporary design movements and their influences -- Glossary.

ISBN:

0070227608
9780070227606

Subject:

Furniture History 20th century.
Decoration and ornament International style.
Chair design 20th century.
Chair-makers 20th century.
Meubles Histoire 20e siècle.
Décoration et ornement Style international.
Sièges (Mobilier) Design 20e siècle.
Menuisiers en sièges 20e siècle.
Chair-makers.
Chair design.
Furniture.
Furniture 1830-1980

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works.
History.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Zimmermann-Stidham, Susan, author.
Zimmermann-Stidham, Susan.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 79258
Call No.: 3067
Status: Available