Chairs : a history / Florence de Dampierre.

Main entry:

Dampierre, Florence de, author.

Title & Author:

Chairs : a history / Florence de Dampierre.

Publication:

New York : Abrams, 2006.
©2006

Description:

430 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Chairs in the ancient world, China & Africa -- Medieval & Renaissance chairs -- Country, garden & colonial chairs -- High style: Baroque, Rococo & neoclassical chairs -- Chairs in the nineteenth century -- Modern chairs.

Summary:

"Henry David Thoreau wrote, "I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society." In "Chairs: A History, " furniture historian Florence de Dampierre presents a wonderfully readable and visually stunning exploration of chairs and their place in culture through the ages. Along with hundreds of gorgeous photographs -- many taken specifically for this book -- de Dampierre fills these pages with fascinating information and anecdotes, tracing the chair's emergence in ancient Egypt and examining various forms of seating from classical Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Renaissance era, to the classic designs of today. From thrones to divans, straightbacked to overstuffed, Baroque to Bauhaus, this beautiful volume will delight anyone who's ever taken a seat and wondered where it came from."--BOOK JACKET.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

0810954842 (hardcover)
9780810954847

Subject:

Chairs History.
Chairs.
Stuhl
Stoelen.
Möbelkonst historia.
Stolar historia.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 248125
Call No.: BIB 177659
Status: Available

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