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Furniture: A Concise History
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Furniture: A Concise History
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Edward Lucie-Smith
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Series | World of Art |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:216 | Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 149 |
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Category/Genre | Art History Decorative arts |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780500201725
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Classifications | Dewey:749.2 |
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Illustrations |
170 Illustrations, black and white; 20 Illustrations, color
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Thames & Hudson Ltd
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Imprint |
Thames & Hudson Ltd
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Publication Date |
29 October 1979 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
In this illuminating history, text and illustrations combine to offer a view of furniture not as a succession of collectors' pieces, but as a statement about the society that created it. Edward Lucie-Smith offers insights into almost every period, from the prehistoric to the postmodern--from Neolithic tables to 1960s conversation pits, and from the ceremonial chairs of Egypt in the thirteenth century BC to the designs of John Makepeace.
Author Biography
Edward Lucie-Smith is well-known as a poet, novelist, biographer, broadcaster, and critic, and he is the author of numerous books, among them The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms, Furniture: A Concise History, Movements in Art Since 1945, Symbolist Art, and Sexuality in Western Art (all in the World of Art series).
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