Author: Treena Crochet Publisher: Prentice Hall ISBN: 9780132050418 Category : Furniture Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
For courses in the history of interiors, history of furniture, and furniture design and construction. This image-rich text introduces significant movements in the evolution of the decorative arts, including furniture, design motifs, and accessories related to interior design and architectural settings from the Neolithic Age to the 21st century. It augments the study of art and architectural history by discussing the function and aesthetic purpose of furniture, pottery, glassware, lighting, textiles, mirrors, metalworking, clocks, and wallcoverings; as well as their integration into interior design. The author presents crucial contextual information on political and social events and the technological advances that influenced each period's design trends, and compares objects from different periods, demonstrating how ideas and concepts progress through their stylistic development. Descriptions of period room settings show how the decorative arts complement architecture and interior design. Valuable websites and bibliographic information are provided for further exploration, and a glossary highlights key vocabulary.
Author: Kimberly Causey Publisher: ISBN: 9781888229486 Category : Languages : en Pages : 220
Book Description
Best-selling author Kimberly Causey has been the nation's top expert on furniture bargains for the last twenty years. Her money saving advice on furniture and other home furnishings has been featured by hundreds of media outlets, including the "Today" show, Money Magazine, SmartMoney, Reader's Digest, Redbook, Woman's Day, Working Mother, and over 100 major daily newspapers. Why pay retail when you can save up to 90% on popular furniture brands such as Century, Drexel-Heritage, Hickory White, Pottery Barn, Crate & Barrel, Vanguard, La-Z-Boy, Kincaid, Broyhill, Thomasville, Bernhardt, and hundreds more? Use Kimberly's experience as a manufacturer and interior decorator to shop like an industry insider!
Author: Stuart Lawson Publisher: Laurence King Publishing ISBN: 1780675194 Category : Design Languages : en Pages : 457
Book Description
Furniture Design is a comprehensive guide and resource for students and furniture designers. As well as discussing pioneering contemporary and historical designs, it also provides substantive answers to designers’ questions about function, materials, manufacture and sustainability, integrating guidance on all of these subjects – particularly material and manufacturing properties, in one accessible and structured volume. Many leading contemporary furniture designers from around the world are included, with case studies carefully selected to highlight the importance of both material and manufacture-led design processes. The book is also intended to provide an insight into furniture design for those considering a university education in product and industrial design.
Author: Robert W. Lang Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing ISBN: 1607659174 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 647
Book Description
The author measured original Stickley furniture pieces to create these detailed plans, not available from any other source. The author is a Master Cabinet Maker and Executive Editor at Popular Woodworking Magazine. Intermediate woodworkers can use these plans to build authentic replicas of valuable period pieces at low cost. The ongoing renaissance of the Craftsman style has already lasted longer than the original period, and is here to stay. Furniture making is part of the fastest growing category -- "woodcrafts" -- in the $31 billion craft industry.
Author: Kimberly Causey Publisher: ISBN: 9781888229462 Category : Consumer education Languages : en Pages : 246
Book Description
Save 50%-90% off retail on furniture from hundreds of high-end brands by purchasing directly from the manufacturer! Get all the insider information on factory outlets for these top brands: Drexel-Heritage, Hooker, Henredon, Century, Stanley, Young America, Highland House, Pottery Barn, Braxton Culler, Darlee, Bassett, Restoration Hardware, Leathercraft, Hammary, Hickory White, Theodore Alexander, Maitland-Smith, LaBarge, and many more! Use this best-selling guide to research the best prices, customer service, and value for money no matter what furniture style you prefer! Why pay retail? Industry insider Kimberly Causey is the author of the best-selling consumer book, The Insider's Guide To Buying Home Furnishings. Her books on furniture and home furnishings bargains have sold over 100,000 copies. Her advice on saving money has been featured in Money Magazine (July 2011), "The Today Show," SmartMoney, Reader's Digest, Working Mother, Woman's Day, Redbook, Consumer Reports Money Advisor, Bottom Line Personal, and hundreds of other magazines, newspapers, TV shows, and radio programs.
Author: Bob Sehlinger Publisher: Unofficial Guides ISBN: 162809060X Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 530
Book Description
Provides information on accommodations, casinos, restaurants, recreational activities, entertainment, night life, and gambling in Las Vegas.
Author: Karen Mazurkewich Publisher: Tuttle Publishing ISBN: 1462906923 Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 236
Book Description
The international market for antique Chinese furniture is booming, and masterpieces from the Ming and Qing dynasties are now worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Chinese Furniture is a survey of these collectibles--from the very best hardwood pieces featured to standard softwood specimens still available on the Asian market. This antique furniture book presents an overview of carving styles, wood types, regional variations, class distinctions and restoration techniques. It includes detailed chapters on various types of wooden furniture cover chairs, stools and benches, tables and desks, beds, cabinets and bookshelves, doors and screens and household accessories. With this renewed interest in antique furniture, a forgery market has emerged. Thousands of factories in southern China are churning out brand new or refurbished furniture and passing them off as Chinese antiques. Chinese Furniture unearths these forgeries and serves as an indispensable reference guide for collectors of antique wood furniture.
Author: Charles Boyce Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1628738405 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 683
Book Description
In a comprehensive listing of entries from "Aalto, Hugo Alvar Henrik" to "Zui Weng Yi," Boyce illuminates readers about furniture styles, construction details, terminology, furniture designers, and design movements throughout history and throughout the world. Styles covered include European-inspired classical, baroque, pop, rococo, and modernist. This extensive guide will be helpful for furniture enthusiasts, historians, and those interested in redecorating their homes.
Author: Treena Crochet
Author: Kimberly Causey
Author: Stuart Lawson
Author: Robert W. Lang
Author: Kimberly Causey
Author: Albert Sack
Author: Kimberly Causey
Author: Bob Sehlinger
Author: Karen Mazurkewich
Author: Charles Boyce