Living with Modern Classics: The Chair

by Elizabeth Wilde and Elizabeth Wilhide

The most influential furniture designers of the twentieth century are showcased in this tribute to their ingenuity in transforming functional chairs into objects of sculptural beauty. Although the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823031098
• ISBN13: 9780823031092
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.3" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Living with Modern Classics The Chair

Origins of many of the syles we see today can be found in, "The Chair." Elizabeth Wilhide takes the reader into an era of design where form was expressive, as well as functional. Renowned designers are highlighted, including information about their lives, & structural information about their works without over loading the reader. The chairs are displayed and photographed in settings that are visually intriguing to a designer or a casual reader. A fun, interesting, and informative book.