Arts & Crafts: The California Home

by Robert Winter, Douglas Congdon-Martin, Robert Winter, et al.

Book Overview

The Arts & Crafts Movement had a profound effect on twentieth century design. It was a precursor to the minimalism of the day, yet imbued with a quiet eloquence based in careful, exquisite design. The natural materials, the subtlely organic forms began to shape living spaces across the country. In California, whose population was swelling in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, so-called "Mission Furniture" seemed perfectly at home amidst the Spanish...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764306294
• ISBN13: 9780764306297
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 11.4" x 8.8"