
Pre-Owned Scandinavian Modern Furnishings 1930-1970 : Designed for Life (Hardcover) 9780764314926
Key item features
- ISBN: 9780764314926
- Condition: Pre-Owned: Good
- Hard cover
- Language: English
- Pages: 240
- Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 240 p. Schiffer Book for Designers & Collectors.
- In the middle of the twentieth century, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland, four countries with a total population no larger than New York City, impacted the world of design to a degree never before seen and unlikely to be repeated. Scandinavian Modern design already had a solid domestic audience, and the Post-World War II American consumer was ready for the distinctive style and the fine quality it offered. With a focus on more than 60 designers, this extensively researched book presents the furniture and household objects - especially those of wood and metal. of the Scandinavian Modern style, beginning in the 1930s and culminating in the 1970s. Hundreds of photographs and a comprehensive introduction, historical timeline, and appendices of furniture makers and designers, distributors, and sources are included. Detailed captions with current prices, a large bibliography, and an index make this book a valuable reference and a must for all collectors, dealers, and researchers of Scandinavian design.
Specs
- Book formatHardcover
- Fiction/nonfictionNon-Fiction
- Pages240
- Reading levelGrade 2
- Original languagesEnglish
- LanguageEnglish
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Product details
- ISBN: 9780764314926
- Condition: Pre-Owned: Good
- Hard cover
- Language: English
- Pages: 240
- Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 240 p. Schiffer Book for Designers & Collectors.
- In the middle of the twentieth century, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland, four countries with a total population no larger than New York City, impacted the world of design to a degree never before seen and unlikely to be repeated. Scandinavian Modern design already had a solid domestic audience, and the Post-World War II American consumer was ready for the distinctive style and the fine quality it offered. With a focus on more than 60 designers, this extensively researched book presents the furniture and household objects - especially those of wood and metal. of the Scandinavian Modern style, beginning in the 1930s and culminating in the 1970s. Hundreds of photographs and a comprehensive introduction, historical timeline, and appendices of furniture makers and designers, distributors, and sources are included. Detailed captions with current prices, a large bibliography, and an index make this book a valuable reference and a must for all collectors, dealers, and researchers of Scandinavian design.
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