Furniture: A Concise History

by Edward Lucie-Smith

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Treating furniture as a statement about the society that created it, this illustrated survey focuses on the ways in which people's lives, self-images, and preoccupations affect the form and function of furniture.

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Well known as an art historian, curator, lecturer, and critic, Oxford University-trained scholar Edward Lucie-Smith is also a poet, biographer, and broadcaster. His knowledge of twentieth-century art and culture is vastly wide-ranging

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Furniture: A Concise History

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Art & Design, Nonfiction, History
DDC/MDS
749.2Arts & recreationDrawing & decorative artsFurniture and accessories[formerly: Furniture Guides]
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NK2270 .L82Fine Arts3600-(9990) Other arts and art industriesDecorative artsFurniture
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