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SMÅ STØRRELSER (Small Sizes). Børns Møbler (Children’s Furniture)
Author: Hegner, Kirsten and Bodil Busk Laursen, eds
Country: Denmark
Code: 4011
Language: Danish
Year Published: 1999
No. of pages: 48
Illustrations: 19 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 8 1/2”x 7 1/2”
Weight: 1.00
Price: 29.50
This book focuses on an exhibition of 20th century Danish chairs for children. Denmark has a strong craft tradition within furniture design, and the photographs show the unique Danish design that is carried through to children’s furniture. The exhibit features “new design”: that which either has innovative design or has interesting use of materials. Chairs designed by Hans Wegner, Erik Magnussen, Esben Klint, and others are included.
SOURCEBOOK OF SCANDINAVIAN FURNITURE with CD-ROM. Design for the 21st Century
Author: GURA, JUDITH
Country: London/New York
Code: 6090
Language: English
Year Published: 2007
No. of pages: 304
Illustrations: 417 Color Illustrations. 88 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 9”x 11 1/2”
Weight: 4.00
Price: 150.00
This incredibly detailed book began with a publisher’s request for a sourcebook of Scandinavian furniture. It includes the tremendous output of five countries, dozens of talented designers, and hundreds of producers. The book also includes an abundance of beautiful color pictures as well as some detailed stories of design in the Scandinavian countries.
STOLENS GULDÅLDER (The Golden Age of the Chair). Stolar & Stolmakare i Sverige 1650-1850 (Chairs & Chair Makers in Sweden 1650-1850)
Author: Sylvén, Torsten
Country: Sweden
Code: 5919
Language: Swedish
Year Published: 2003
No. of pages: 386
Illustrations: 241 Color Illustrations. 151 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 7 1/2”x 11 1/2”
Weight: 4.00
Price: 150.00
This book presents chairs of Sweden from the Golden Age. Here is the most formal of furniture, with gilt and ornate decoration and embroidered upholstery, to ordinary straight-backed kitchen chairs, with woven seats. This engaging and comprehensive book gives you a detailed history of the development of the Swedish chair from 1650-1850 and includes 130 signatures. The book will delight and prove to be a valuable resource to all who are interested in and collect furniture.
STOLER I NORGE (Chairs in Norway).
Author: Albert Steen
Country: Norway
Code: 2629
Language: Norwegian
Year Published: 1975
No. of pages: 87
Illustrations: 4 Color Illustrations. 108 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 8”x 5 1/2”
Weight: 1.00
Price: 19.50
Here is an interesting look at chairs from Norway, from a wooden chair carved in the figure of a Madonna (c. 1200), to the wavy curved legs of Renaissance styles, to popular 19th-century Biedermeier styles, to the most contemporary spare chairs, covered in hues of brilliant pink and blue. Included is the famous chair by the Norwegian artist Gerhard Munthe and the Siesta Chair designed by Ingmar Relling.
STORA MÖBELBOKEN, DEN (Great Furniture Book, The). Underhall, Reparationer, Malning, Möbeltapetsering (Maintenance, Repair, Painting and Upholstery)
Author: Hagen, Ann Cathrine; Slipher, Beate; Berg, Espen et al
Country: Sweden
Code: 6108
Language: Swedish
Year Published: 2006
No. of pages: 184
Illustrations: 305 Color Illustrations. 4 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 11”x 8 1/2”
Weight: 3.00
Price: 59.50
This is an important book about Swedish furniture restoration in detail showing old methods as well as new methods, practical as well as historically correct. Includes innovative designs and methods of changing and rebuilding old and used furniture.