Avantgarde design, 1880-1930 / Torsten Bröhan, Thomas Berg ; [photographed by Angela Bröhan, Walter Klein and Horst Kolberg ; English translation, Ishbel Flett ; French translation, Annie Berthold].

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Bröhan, Torsten.

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Description:

176 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Objects held at the Torsten Bröhan Archive in Düsseldorf.
Includes bibliographical references (page 175) and index.
Avantgarde design 1880-1930 -- New concepts for a new century -- The werkbund: vnaguagrd of industrial design -- Art school reform: the Bauhaus and Burg Giebichenstein -- International style -- Biographies.
English, French and German.

Summary:

The earliest pioneers of 20th-century design are the subject of this book, which is devoted to the development of avant-garde design from 1880 to 1930. On display are almost 200 originals, including the MT8 table-lamps by Wilhelm Wagenfeld and tubular steel furniture by Marcel Breuer.

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ISBN:

3822889385 (paperback)
9783822889381 (paperback)

Subject:

Design History 19th century Catalogs.
Design History 20th century Catalogs.
Art, Modern Catalogs.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Decorative arts History 19th century.
Decorative arts History 20th century.
Design Histoire 19e siècle.
Design Histoire 20e siècle.
Arts décoratifs Histoire 19e siècle.
Arts décoratifs Histoire 20e siècle.
Design Histoire 19e siècle Catalogues.
Design Histoire 20e siècle Catalogues.
Art, Modern
Decorative arts
Design
Vormgeving.
Avant-garde.
Avant-garde (esthétique)
Design histoire 19e siècle.
design histoire 1900-1945.
Argenterie.
Avant-garde (Art)
Bijou.
Histoire.
Objet décoratif.
Orfèvrerie.
Vaisselle.
art de la table design 1880 1930.
design mobilier 1880 1930.
Design History 19th century
Design History 20th century
Geschichte 1880-1930

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Catalogs
History
Books.

Added entries:

Berg, Thomas, 1965-
Torsten Bröhan Archive.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 81634
Call No.: ID NK1390.B8; ID:95-B2741
Status: Available

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