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ESKER OG TINER (Boxes).
Author: Gjærder, Per
Country: Norway
Code: 4782
Language: Norwegian
Year Published: 1981
No. of pages: 76
Illustrations: 4 Color Illustrations. 27 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 8”x 5 1/2”
Weight: 1.00
Price: 65.00
During the past few hundred years, making wooden boxes has been a unique Norwegian tradition. These beautifully crafted bark and wooden boxes, with traditional designs toll painted or carved, had many household uses, as sewing baskets, fruit bowls, lunch boxes. Now they are mainly decorative objects in the home, as they have increased in value. This book provides a historical overview of these household items, highlighting the variations in material, form, use and decoration throughout the years.
EVERY PIECE COMES WITH A STORY CARL HANSEN & SØN PASSIONATE CRAFTSMANSHIP.
Author: Hansen, Carl
Country: Denmark
Code: 7146
Language: English
Year Published:
No. of pages: 230
Illustrations: 135 Color Illustrations. 51 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 11 1/2”x 8”
Weight: 2.00
Price: 65.00
Modernist classic furniture by Hans J. Wegner (1914-2007), Mogens Koch (1898-1992), Kaare Klint (1888-1954), EOOS ( Austrian design: Martin Bergman b.1963, Gernot Bohmann b. 1968, Haral Grundl b.1967), Ejner Larsen (1917-1987), Strand + Hvass (Christina Strand b. 1968 & Neils Hvass b. 1958), Frits Henningsen (1889-1965), Aksel Bender Madsen (1916-2000), Morten Gøttler (b.1944), Tadao Ando (b.1941), Thomas Bo Kastholm (b.1963), Mogens Lassen (1901-1987), Poul Kjærholm (1929-1980) and Ole Wanscher (1903-1985). Naja Utzon Popov (b.1973) developed the Woodlines rug collection and children’s furniture by Hans Wegner and Mogens Koch. Beautiful color illustrations throughout. Featured spaces include Nobis Hotel in Copenhagen, Denmark designed by Ralf Thalen; A Design Gallery in Milan, Italy: Six Gallery by Fanny Bauer Grung and David Lopez Quincoces and A vacation house in Mallorca: Neuendorf House by John Pawson. All these exquisite structures are partially furnished with Danish furniture including Hans J. Wegner and finally a few wise words from Hans J. Wegner: A chair should have no rear view, it should be beautiful from all angles. And one more from Wegner: A chair is only finished when some one sits in it. This comprehensive book includes chairs, sofas, book cases, tables large and small for dining and side tables and much more with measurements and elevations in centimeter.
FRA BORD TIL BORD (From Table to Table).
Author: Steen, Albert
Country: Norway
Code: 2635
Language: Norwegian
Year Published: 1988
No. of pages: 80
Illustrations: 4 Color Illustrations. 124 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 8”x 5 1/2”
Weight: 1.00
Price: 29.50
The table is the focus of family-oriented furniture, a basic and crucial adjunct to meals and related social intercourse. Here is a history of tables, from very primitive, rough wooden boards used in peasant households to the gilded and incredibly fine carving of decorative Rococo tables, from stark postmodern Italian and Scandinavian table designs to a fragile Louis XVIth secretary. Also game tables and exquisite sewing tables are featured, all made in Norway. Included are tables designed by Bruno Mathsson, Piet Hein and Finn Bryn.
INTERNATIONAL DESIGN YEARBOOK 14.
Author: Jasper Morrison, ed
Country: New York
Code: 3337
Language: English
Year Published: 1999
No. of pages: 232
Illustrations: 320 Color Illustrations. 72 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 12”x 9 1/2”
Weight: 3.00
Price: 125.00
Showcasing the work of 150 designers from around the world, this fourteenth edition of the “International Design Yearbook” presents a wide range of approaches to the latest in domestic design. Formally and materially diverse, the selection encompasses new pieces of furniture, fabrics as well as fresh formulations of design staples such as bicycles, cutlery, and vessels. Scandinavian artists included are: Yrjö Kukkapuro, Björn Dahlström, and Stefan Lindfors, et. al.
KLASSICISMENS INTERIÖRER (Classical Interior Architecture). Inredningskonst och arkitekturprofiler fran Vitruvius till Tessin (The History of Interior Detail in Italy, France and Sweden from Vitruvis to Tessin in1700)
Author: Gunther, Stefan
Country: Sweden
Code: 6110
Language: Swedish/ English Summary
Year Published: 2006
No. of pages: 468
Illustrations: 294 Color Illustrations. 314 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 13”x 12”
Weight: 8.00
Price: 150.00
This is an incredible source book, beautifully detail oriented describing the classical interiors from 15th century Florence, through 16th century Rome, to France under the Sun King, and Sweden during its period as a great power. Included are the most well known examples of each period from the most famous architects of the time. The photographs include doors, windows, wall panels, floor plans and elevations. An incredibly researched and detailed book, very important for every library and person seeking knowledge in this period of interior design detail with actual dimensions for the person or company who builds in the traditional style and wants the true dimensions of classical history, both in the practical sense as well as the intellectual sense. Includes detailed notes and bibliography of the interior details.