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Furniture: World Styles from Classical to Contemporary
by Miller, Judith
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 075661340X
- ISBN 13
- 9780756613402
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dk Publishing, 2005. Hardcover, black laminated pictorial boards in non price-clipped dust-jacket with matching artwork. 560 pages. Further Reading, Glossary, Index. Illustrated with over 3,500 photographs illustrating every style and form. First edition, first printing with full number line. A magnificent and comprehensive pictorial reference to more than 3,000 years of furniture history. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy in a complete dust-jacket which has no tears or chips and just a touch of shelf-wear. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket. A massive tome, Priority and International order will require additional postage.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
Synopsis
Furniture provides a fully illustrated global perspective of the history of furniture, from Ancient Civilizations right through to cutting edge contemporary designs. From the simple to the sophisticated, the developing styles of furniture around the world are clearly illustrated with specially commissioned full-colour photography. Each chapter focuses on a specific period, opening with the historical and social background and an overview of the key elements of furniture design at the time. This is followed by spreads showcasing furniture development on a country-by-country basis - including "closer-look" features and designer profiles - and catalogue-style spreads on specific types of furniture, such as chairs, all of which help readers to recognize key styles and periods, from Baroque through to Post Modernism. DK's Furniture will emerge as the definitive work of reference on the history of furniture. It is not just a book for collectors, but for all those interested in identifying, dating and valuing their own pieces of furntiure.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013934
- Title
- Furniture: World Styles from Classical to Contemporary
- Author
- Miller, Judith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 075661340X
- ISBN 13
- 9780756613402
- Publisher
- Dk Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- Furniture, Design, Material Culture
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
We carry a general stock of antiquarian books with a focus on Charles Dickens, 19th and 20th century literature, history and biography.
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- Folio
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