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Author: Christopher Schwarz
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ISBN: 9781954697157
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Languages : en
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Author: Christopher Schwarz
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Author: Witold Rybczynski
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374713359
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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Have you ever wondered where rocking chairs came from, or why cheap plastic chairs are suddenly everywhere? In Now I Sit Me Down, the distinguished architect and writer Witold Rybczynski chronicles the history of the chair from the folding stools of pharaonic Egypt to the ubiquitous stackable monobloc chairs of today. He tells the stories of the inventor of the bentwood chair, Michael Thonet, and of the creators of the first molded-plywood chair, Charles and Ray Eames. He reveals the history of chairs to be a social history--of different ways of sitting, of changing manners and attitudes, and of varying tastes. The history of chairs is the history of who we are. We learn how the ancient Chinese switched from sitting on the floor to sitting in a chair, and how the iconic chair of Middle America--the Barcalounger--traces its roots back to the Bauhaus. Rybczynski weaves a rich tapestry that draws on art and design history, personal experience, and historical accounts. And he pairs these stories with his own delightful hand-drawn illustrations: colonial rockers and English cabrioles, languorous chaise longues, and no-nonsense ergonomic task chairs--they're all here. The famous Danish furniture designer Hans Wegner once remarked, "A chair is only finished when someone sits in it." As Rybczynski tells it, the way we choose to sit and what we choose to sit on speak volumes about our values, our tastes, and the things we hold dear.
Author: Thomas Bernhard
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307833550
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
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Fiercely observed, often hilarious, and “reminiscent of Ibsen and Strindberg” (The New York Times Book Review), this exquisitely controversial novel was initially banned in its author’s homeland. A searing portrayal of Vienna’s bourgeoisie, it begins with the arrival of an unnamed writer at an ‘artistic dinner’ hosted by a composer and his society wife—a couple he once admired and has come to loathe. The guest of honor, a distinguished actor from the Burgtheater, is late. As the other guests wait impatiently, they are seen through the critical eye of the writer, who narrates a silent but frenzied tirade against these former friends, most of whom have been brought together by Joana, a woman they buried earlier that day. Reflections on Joana’s life and suicide are mixed with these denunciations until the famous actor arrives, bringing an explosive end to the evening that even the writer could not have seen coming.
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Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Author: Erskine-Danforth Corp. (N.Y.)
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Category : Commercial catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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Author: Esther Singleton
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Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 560
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Languages : en
Pages : 1182
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Author: James George Joseph Penderel-Brodhurst
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Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Category : Furniture industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 540
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