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Subject(s)

• Chairs—History [Browse]
• Sitting customs—History [Browse]

Summary note

"In the hands of one of our best writers on architectures and design, a history of chairs becomes a revealing history of design and leisure, and ultimately of how we see ourselves"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• A Tool for Sitting
• If You Sit on It, Can It Still Be Art?
• Sitting Up
• A Chair on the Side
• A Golden Age
• Sack-backs and Rockers
• The Henry Ford of Chairs
• By Design
• Great Dane
• Fold and Knockdown, Swing and Roll
• Human Engineering
• Our Time.

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ISBN

• 9780374223212 (hardcover)
• 0374223211 (hardcover)

LCCN

2015041604

OCLC

919105882

Other standard number

• 40026347354

RCP

C - S

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