Art Deco Furniture: The French Designers

by Alastair Duncan

Book Overview

In the early 20th century, the Art Deco movement created new standards in furniture design, architecture, and the decorative arts. This detailed study serves as both an essential reference book for collectors and a marvelous chronicle of one of the most exciting design movements in recent history. 376 illus. 80 in color.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0030000998
• ISBN13: 9780030000997
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Holt McDougal
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A fine book.

Alistair Duncan presents us 85 of Paris's Art Deco furniture designers from the period 1910 - 1935, including Eileen Gray, Dufréne, Leleu and Ruhlmann. This fine book contains a 7 pages informative introduction with e.g. the history and material of Art Deco furniture. But also 160 pages of biographies of designers, including 244 black and white illustrations & 68 in colour of interiors and furniture, each with a description. Each designer is presented in a concise half a page review. It makes this book an indispensable guide and frame of reference to french Art Deco furniture and a nice book to have on the bookshelf.