Main entry:

Lever, Jill.

Title & Author:

Architects' designs for furniture / Jill Lever.

Publication:

New York : Rizzoli, 1982.

Description:

142 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Series:

RIBA drawings series

Notes:
Published in association with RIBA's British Architectural Library Drawings Collection.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-142) and index.
Introduction -- Illustrations: Robert Smythson -- John Smythson -- John Webb -- William Talman -- William Kent -- John Vardy -- John Sanderson -- Sir William Chambers -- James Stuart -- William Porden -- Joseph Bonomi -- Henry Holland -- Samuel Pepys Cockerell & Thomas Daniell -- Thomas Cundy, Senior -- Benjamin Dean Wyatt -- Sir Robert Smirke -- Sir Jeffry Wyatville -- Anthony Salvin -- John Buonarotti Papworth -- Sir Charles Barry -- Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin -- James Trubshaw -- Sydney Smirke -- Charles James Richardson -- Sir George Gilbert Scott -- William Burges -- Edward William Godwin -- Richard Norman Shaw -- Alfred Waterhouse -- George Aitchison -- Philip Webb -- George Gilbert Scott, Junior -- Sir Ernest George -- Ernest Newton -- Charles Francis Annesley Voysey -- George Walton -- Halsey Ricardo -- Edgar Wood -- Richard Barry Parker -- Sir Edwin Lutyens -- Arthur Beresford Pite -- Edwin Alfred Rickards -- Sir Giles Gilbert Scott -- Sir Edward Maufe -- Oliver Hill -- Roderick Eustace Enthoven -- Ernö Goldfinger -- Marcel Breuer -- Raymond McGrath -- Edwin Maxwell Fry -- Wells Coates.

Summary:

"Are architects the best furniture designers? The author, Deputy Keeper of the RIBA Drawings Collection, presents an impressive selection of designs by architects from the 17th to the 20th century to support her case that they are. The drawings range from the earliest known surviving design (for a bed by John Smythson) to Wells Coates' plan for a minimal flat. Examples include William Kent's State barge for Frederick, Prince of Wales, an elephant lamp for an Indian nabob, garden seats for Kensington Palace and a cocktail cabinet for the actress Evelyn Laye"--Back cover.

ISBN:

0847804429
9780847804429
0847804437 (pbk.)
9780847804436 (pbk.)

Subject:

Furniture design.
Architectural drawing.
Architect-designed furniture.
Meubles Design.
Dessin d'architecture.
Meubles conçus par des architectes.
architectural furniture.
architectural drawing (process)
Design
Möbel
Geschichte (1600-1937)
Großbritannien

Form/genre:

Books.

Added entries:

British Architectural Library.
RIBA drawings series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 7572
Call No.: PO1456; ID:87-B13019
Status: Available