The Modern Chair

Author : Clement Meadmore
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-14
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780486839295

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Modern Chair by Clement Meadmore Pdf

In this profusely illustrated study, a noted furniture designer brings together more than 40 examples of chairs that combine practicality and elegance to transcend the confines of period and fashion. Featured are such modern "classics" as Thonet's Bentwood armchair, Breuer's Wassily chair, van der Rohe's Barcelone chair, and many more. Each chair is described in detail with the aid of photographs, Mr. Meadmore's own explanatory drawings and some reproductions of the original designer's plans. The author also explores the ways in which the designers approached and solved inherent problems of function and aesthetics. The scale drawings in this book are all one-eighth of full size, allowing easy assessment of dimensions and visual comparison of size and proportion. Many of these chairs are housed in museum collections; others are still being produced today. Now, this inexpensive edition of The Modern Chair enables students of furniture and any interested reader to make a thorough study of the most important chairs of modern times.

Author : C. Meadmore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:884743589

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The modern chair by C. Meadmore Pdf

Author : Clement Meadmore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Design
ISBN : UOM:39015033752893

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The Modern Chair: Classics in Production by Clement Meadmore Pdf

"Clement Meadmore brings together more than thirty 'classic' modern chairs which are still in production, describing each in detail with the aid of photographs and his own explanatory drawings and some original designers' drawings, and examines the ways in which the designers approached and solved the functional and aesthetic problems involved in the design of each chair. The plans and elevations of the chairs are shown at a constant scale of one eighth full size, so that the dimensions can be easily ascertained and visual comparisons of size and proportion made"--Back cover.

Author : Charlotte Fiell,Peter Fiell
Publisher : Welbeck
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781802794564

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Chairs by Charlotte Fiell,Peter Fiell Pdf

This updated edition features designs from 1800 up to present day, and features the biggest names in furniture design, art, architecture and craft.

Author : Christopher Schwarz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1954697155

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The Stick Chair Book by Christopher Schwarz Pdf

"..."The Stick Chair Book" is divided into three sections. The first section, "Thinking About Chairs," introduces you to the world of common stick chairs, plus the tools and wood to build them. The second section - "Chairmaking Techniques" - covers every process involved in making a chair, from cutting stout legs, to making curved arms with straight wood, to carving the seat. Plus, you'll get a taste for the wide variety of shapes you can use. The chapter on seats shows you how to lay out 14 different seat shapes. The chapter on legs has 16 common forms that can be made with only a couple handplanes. Add those to the 11 different arm shapes, six arm-joinery options, 14 shapes for hands, seven stretcher shapes and 11 combs, and you could make stick chairs your entire life without ever making the same one twice. The final section offers detailed plans for five stick chairs, from a basic Irish armchair to a dramatic Scottish comb-back. These five chair designs are a great jumping-off point for making stick chairs of your own design. Additional chapters in the book cover chair comfort, finishing and sharpening the tools. From the author: "When I first wrote 'The Stick Chair Book' in 2021, I was also fighting cancer. So I hammered out the text with urgency and the desire to record every fragment of information I knew about chairmaking. "To be fair, that's usually how I go about writing all my books. But then I typically take a couple months off, put the manuscript aside, then revisit it with fresh eyes and a sharpened pen. My final revisions remove about 10-20 percent of the original material. The stuff I cut is usually chapters that don't match the tone of the rest of the text. Or I snip sections that aren't as relevant as when I first wrote them. I also smooth out the writing and add bits of information I'd forgotten during the first brain-to-fingers dump. "And that's exactly what I've done for this revised edition. As a result, the text is 10.1 percent shorter than the first edition. It's more to the point. And it's where the manuscript would have ended up under normal conditions..."--Publisher's website.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Chair design
ISBN : UVA:X002591622

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The Modern Chair by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gilbert Frey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Chairs
ISBN : OCLC:224756283

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Das Moderne Sitzmöbel Von 1850 Bis Heute by Gilbert Frey Pdf

Author : Witold Rybczynski
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-23
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780374713355

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Now I Sit Me Down by Witold Rybczynski Pdf

Have you ever wondered where rocking chairs came from, or why cheap plastic chairs are suddenly everywhere? In Now I Sit Me Down, the distinguished architect and writer Witold Rybczynski chronicles the history of the chair from the folding stools of pharaonic Egypt to the ubiquitous stackable monobloc chairs of today. He tells the stories of the inventor of the bentwood chair, Michael Thonet, and of the creators of the first molded-plywood chair, Charles and Ray Eames. He reveals the history of chairs to be a social history--of different ways of sitting, of changing manners and attitudes, and of varying tastes. The history of chairs is the history of who we are. We learn how the ancient Chinese switched from sitting on the floor to sitting in a chair, and how the iconic chair of Middle America--the Barcalounger--traces its roots back to the Bauhaus. Rybczynski weaves a rich tapestry that draws on art and design history, personal experience, and historical accounts. And he pairs these stories with his own delightful hand-drawn illustrations: colonial rockers and English cabrioles, languorous chaise longues, and no-nonsense ergonomic task chairs--they're all here. The famous Danish furniture designer Hans Wegner once remarked, "A chair is only finished when someone sits in it." As Rybczynski tells it, the way we choose to sit and what we choose to sit on speak volumes about our values, our tastes, and the things we hold dear.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:990326262

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The Modern Chair by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lucy Ryder Richardson
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Chair design
ISBN : 142364672X

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100 Midcentury Chairs by Lucy Ryder Richardson Pdf

Pull up a chair (or 100) for this midcentury design showcase. Here is a stylish guide to the top 100 most interesting, most controversial, or simply most beautiful chairs designed between 1930 and 1970. Get to know the designers of the Modern era, including the Eames, Jacobsen, Nakashima, Noguchi, Wegner, and many more, through their creative and unique chair designs. With notes on materials, manufacturers, and construction, entertaining quotes by designers and fans about each chair, a brief biography of each designer, the stories behind the designs, and even a ‘chair timeline’ showcasing the very best of European, Scandinavian, Japanese, and American design, 100 Midcentury Chairs And Their Stories is a must for Midcentury enthusiasts and design history fans everywhere.

Author : Matteo Guarnaccia
Publisher : Onomatopee
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06
Category : Design
ISBN : 9493148459

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Cross Cultural Chairs by Matteo Guarnaccia Pdf

Author : Charlotte Fiell,Peter Fiell
Publisher : Taschen
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1996-05-22
Category : Design
ISBN : 3822807575

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Modern Chairs by Charlotte Fiell,Peter Fiell Pdf

Author : Amy Staller Pressman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Chair design
ISBN : CORNELL:31924002171159

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Technical Chairs by Amy Staller Pressman Pdf

Author : ZOELLY
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1992-09
Category : Art
ISBN : MINN:31951D00902660C

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My Old Chairs by ZOELLY Pdf

Author : Anne Massey
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781780232492

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Chair by Anne Massey Pdf

The chair—you’re likely sitting in one right now. Yet, despite its common presence in offices, restaurants, and homes, we very rarely stop to think about the origins of the chair and its place in culture. After all, the human body is actually more suited to sitting on the ground than on a chair; and as a result, chairs often cause back problems. Nonetheless, in Western culture, as Anne Massey explains, the chair is an object that marks our place in the modern world. Massey explores how, particularly in the last hundred years, the chair has become a revered object of design. Certain chairs have become iconic—like the Eames Lounge chair and Verner Panton’s S Chair, which are photographed, exhibited in art museums, and slavishly copied by cheaper models. Other chairs have reached iconic status simply through their everydayness—think of Van Gogh’s chair or the way Shaker chairs have become emblematic of a simpler and purer lifestyle. Massey further examines how chairs have been crafted, from local to global manufacture. In doing so she elucidates the meaning of the chair in contemporary culture, as well as the development, design, and manufacture of this ubiquitous object. Drawing on design, art, popular culture, and personal experience, Chair is an engaging and informative biography of this everyday object and will appeal to anyone interested in why we choose to sit on the chairs we do.