Bent wood and metal furniture, 1850-1946

Bent wood and metal furniture, 1850-1946

New York : American Federation of Arts, 1987.

xvi, 366 p. : ill. ; 25 x 29 cm.

749.2 B475 1987

(OCoLC)15303389

Published in conjunction with the exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-359) and index.
Contents: Before industrialization : bent wood and bent metal in the hands of the craftsman / Derek E. Ostergard -- Michael Thonet and the development of bent-wood furniture : from workshop to factory production / Alessandro Alvera -- The development of the bent-wood furniture industry, 1869-1914 / Graham Dry -- Bent wood production and the Viennese avant-garde : Thonet Brothers and J. and J. Kohn, 1899-1914 / Christian Witt-Dörring -- Furnishing the future : Bent wood and metal furniture, 1925-1946 / Christopher Wilk -- The social and cultural context of bent wood and metal furniture / Robert Keil -- Catalogue.
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