An encyclopedia of desks / Mark Bridge.

Main entry:

Bridge, Mark.

Title & Author:

An encyclopedia of desks / Mark Bridge.

Publication:

Description:

127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
"A Quintet book"--Title page verso
Includes index.

Summary:

"After a concise review of the development of design during each century (covering countries worldwide), the selection of pieces illustrated and discussed in detail is both representative and intriguing: from the 17th century, English scriptors, an American slopefront Bible box, a Dutch bureau-bookcase; from the Golden Age of desk design, the 18th century, a French Régence-style bureau plat, examples of Queen Anne and Georgian furniture and of course, Chippendale and Sheraton pieces; 19th-century examples of Regency secretaires, Gothic desk cabinets, Shaker desks; and from this century, Art Nouveau pieces from Gallé and Gaudi, Vienna Secession creations, and designs from Frank Lloyd Wright and Carlo Bugatti."--Dust jacket flap.

ISBN:

1555212719
9781555212711

Subject:

Desks History.
Desks Collectors and collecting.
Bureaux (Mobilier) Histoire.
Bureaux (Mobilier) Collectionneurs et collections.
Desks.
Meubels.
Schrijfmeubels.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 117436
Call No.: ID NK2726.B85; ID:95-B1371
Status: Available

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