The Modern Chair: Classic Designs by Thonet, Breuer, Le Corbusier, Eames and Others Meadmore Clement
The Modern Chair: Classic Designs by Thonet, Breuer, Le Corbusier, Eames and Others Meadmore Clement In this profusely illustrated study, a noted furniture designer brings together more than 40…
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The Modern Chair: Classic Designs by Thonet, Breuer, Le Corbusier, Eames and Others Meadmore Clement
In this profusely illustrated study, a noted furniture designer brings together more than 40 examples of chairs that combine practicality and elegance to transcend the confines of period and fashion. Meadmore's own explanatory drawings and some reproductions of the original designer's plans. Featured are such modern "classics" as Thonet's Bentwood armchair, Breuer's Wassily chair, van der Rohe's Barcelone chair, and many more.Each chair is described in detail with the aid of photographs, Mr.
The scale drawings in this book are all one-eighth of full size, allowing easy assessment of dimensions and visual comparison of size and proportion.Many of these chairs are housed in museum collections; others are still being produced today. The author also explores the ways in which the designers approached and solved inherent problems of function and aesthetics. Now, this inexpensive