The Dream of a Golden Age: Danish Neo-Classical Furniture, 1790-1850

Very Rare and Very Large (about 9.75" by 12.75") Hardcover Book with 504 Well-Illustrated Pages. Text is in English. This Book is in Good Condition. The Dust Jacket (protected by a New Brodart Dust Jacket Protector) has some Scratches and Edgewear (including Light Crinkling along the Edges) but No Tears, Creases, Stains, or Other Major Damage. The Hardcover Boards have Light Rubbing along the Edges but No Tears, Creases, Stains, or Any Major Damage. The Binding is Strong and Intact but Sagging, typical in such a Large, Heavy Book. The Interior is Clean and Unmarked with No Writing, Highlighting, or Underlining and with No Tears, Creases, Stains, Mold, or Any Major Damage. The Page Edges have Light Soiling (mostly to the Bottom Edge) but No Remainder Mark, Stains, or Other Major Damage. This is a Nice Copy of an Interesting and Very Rare Book.

Book Description:
English Edition; Original Danish Edition: 2002. This large, gorgeous and comprehensive book addresses an important period in Scandinavian design history when Danish furniture rose to a level that rivalled contemporaneous work in major European capitals and the Americas. In the estimation of many historians, this remarkable body of 19th c. work may be considered the foundation for modern Danish furniture in the 20th c., based on its reliance upon superlative standards of fabrication, superb quality of design and revelation of national aspirations. The book is printed with many color illustrations of previously unpublished furniture as well as reproductions of Danish Golden Age paintings which reveal these pieces in original interiors. The beautiful layout by the graphic designer Gertrud Jensen has been awarded the prize of the year from the Society of Danish Book Design. The author is the head of The National Art and Design Library in Copenhagen and the assistant director at The Danish Museum of Decorative Art and a member of the board of ICOM-ICDAD.