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Modern Chairs (Big Series : Architecture and Design) [Paperback]

Peter Fiell (Author)

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Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Taschen (February 1, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3822894516
ISBN-13: 978-3822894514
Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 8.9 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds

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In 1873, Dr. Christopher Dresser wrote, "A chair is a stool with a back-rest, and a stool is a board elevated from the ground by supports."1 Read the first page

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mouvement moderniste, les fabricants, grand confort, des meubles, ses dessins, chair design, modern chair, tubular steel frame

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New York, Eero Saarinen, Herman Miller, Knoll International, Ray Eames, Charles Eames, Frank Lloyd Wright, Marcel Breuer, George Nelson, Joe Colombo, Josef Hoffmann, Larkin Company, Easy Edges, Gerrit Rietveld, Studio Alchimia, Gio Ponti, Great Britain, Marco Zanuso, Modern Movement, Alvar Aalto, Carlo Mollino, Charlotte Perriand, Philippe Starck, Pierre Jeanneret, Charles Rennie Mackintosh

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Metal Furniture: 3rd quarter 1980 (Business Monitors) by Great Britain in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Contemporary designers (Contemporary arts series) by Ann Lee Morgan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Knoll Design by Eric Larrabee in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Interior Design by Abrams in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Ornament and Crime: Selected Essays. (Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought. Translation Series) by Adolf Loos on page 19, and Back Matter

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The Chair: Rethinking Culture, Body, and Design by Galen Cranz in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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Sourcebook of Modern Furniture, Third Edition by Jerryll Habegger in Back Matter
Sourcebook of Modern Furniture (Norton Books for Architects & Designers) by Jerryll Habegger in Back Matter
Twentieth Century Furniture by Carlton Books in Back Matter

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