Designer's Guide to Furniture Styles - Hardcover

Treena Crochet

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0130447579 ISBN 13: 9780130447579

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2003

Synopsis

This book profiles the history of the development of various furniture styles, exploring the evolution of style in the context of the architectural setting, interior design, and decorative arts of each period. This fascinating book is a beautiful visual reference guide to furniture styles. For architects, interior designers, furniture manufacturers, and antique dealers.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Winner of the ASID Educational Foundation Joel Polsky Prize, 1999
The American Society of Interior Designers

This book profiles the history of the development of various furniture styles, exploring the evolution of style in the context of the architectural setting, interior design, and decorative arts of each period. It presents a complete timeline—correlating political and cultural events to the development of furniture, architecture, and artistic movements—and considers the social, political, and economic factors that influence design trends and individual taste.

About the Author:

Treena Crochet. After receiving a Masters degree in art and architectural history from the University of North Texas, award-winning author Treena Crochet spent seventeen years in the classroom teaching interior design courses in the United States and the Middle East. As president of A Matter of Style, Ltd., a Boston-based interior design consulting firm, she is an Allied Member of the American Society of Interior Designers. Currently, Ms. Crochet spends most of her time speaking at national and international industry conferences and working on a new book series for the Taunton Press on historic homes. For more information, please visit the company website: www.styleltd.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0130447579
• ISBN 13: 9780130447579
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 345
• Illustrator: David Vleck