The Secular Furniture of E. W. Godwin: With Catalogue Raisonné

by Susan Weber Soros and Susan Weber

Victorian architect-designer E. W. Godwin (1833-1886), tying himself neither morally nor aesthetically to a single style, approached design with what he called "judicious eclecticism." Seeking to design furniture appropriate to the needs of modern living, he grappled with the problems of affordability, utility, and function and experimented with modular and fitted furniture decades before it became popular in the mid-twentieth century. This book is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300081596
• ISBN13: 9780300081596
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Bard Graduate Center
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 4.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 10.0" x 11.6"