Bridge, Mark.

An encyclopedia of desks / Mark Bridge.

Secaucus, N.J. : Wellfleet Press, ©1988.

127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

"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.

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

History.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 117436
Cote: ID NK2726.B85; ID:95-B1371
Statut: Disponible