Victorian Furniture by Clive D Edwards

Victorian Furniture by Clive D Edwards

This book presents a concise analysis of the many influences on furniture design in the Victorian period both in Britain and the US. Edwards investigates the development of new and traditional materials and innovative techniques and machinery, to show how these changed the face of furniture design and production. Until recently, the history of furniture has been concerned with individual designers, the aesthetic appreciation of their products and the assumption that furniture is solely a decorative art. This book challenges these notions and brings techniques and materials to the forefront of the debate about how design decisions were made. Using a range of sources, the book covers mechanical decoration (marquetry, fretwork, imitation carving), veneering, decorative finishes, manufacturing and patents. A range of newly developed materials are described along with the design possibilities that they opened up, including plywood, bentwood, papier mache, lamination, upholstery springs, wicker and metal.

Edwards, Clive: - Clive Edwards is Professor of Design History at Loughborough University and is author of Turning Houses into Homes and The Encyclopaedia of Furnishing Textiles, Floorcoverings and Furnishings.

Clive Edwards is Professor in Design History at Loughborough University. His authored works include: Interior Design: A Critical Introduction (Bloomsbury 2010), Encyclopedia of Furnishing Textiles, Floorcoverings and Home Furnishing Practices 1200-1950 (2007); Turning Houses into Homes (2005), Encyclopaedia of Furniture Materials Trades and Techniques (2000), Twentieth Century Furniture, its materials, manufacture and markets(1994), and Victorian Furniture, Technology and Design (1993). He has also contributed a number of articles to the Encyclopedia of Interior Design (1997), and has published a number of scholarly articles and essays in edited works.

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ISBN 13	9780719037832
ISBN 10	0719037832
Titel	Victorian Furniture
Autor	Clive D Edwards
Serie	Studies In Design And Material Culture
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Manchester University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	1993-11-11
Seitenanzahl	208
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