Author: Hollis S. Baker; Sir Gordon Russell
Title: Furniture in the Ancient World: Origins & Evolution 3100-475 B.C.
Description: London, The Connoisseur, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated work on the furniture of the ancient world, written by Hollis S. Baker with an introduction by designer Gordon Russell, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece as well as fifteen colour plates, and over four-hundred full page and in-text black-and-white illustrations. Collated, complete.This is an informative work on furniture, particularly focusing upon its origins and evolution from 3100 to 475 BCE. The author, Hollis S. Baker, believed that proper attention had not been paid to ancient furniture and that 'a knowledge of the art forms and techniques of the past is essential to an understanding of the present&apos. Contents focus upon Egypt, The Near East, and the Aegean, with chapters such as 'The Early Beginnings', 'The Furniture of Hetepheres', 'Household furniture types', and 'The Minoan ascendancy&apos. Written by Hollis S. Baker, the founder of Baker Furniture who achieved overnight popularity following the 1925 Paris Exposition. With an introduction by Sir Gordon Russell (1892-1980), an English designer, craftsman and educationist who was influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement and eventually became the director of the Council of Industrial Design. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally smart, with very light shelf wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Dust wrapper is smart and bright, with very light shelf wear to the head of the spine and creasing to the rear flyleaf. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Keywords: Furniture Ancient Egypt Aegean Eastern art Ancient Egypt Art Not Stated
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Title: Furniture in the Ancient World: Origins & Evolution 3100-475 B.C.
Description: London, The Connoisseur, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated work on the furniture of the ancient world, written by Hollis S. Baker with an introduction by designer Gordon Russell, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece as well as fifteen colour plates, and over four-hundred full page and in-text black-and-white illustrations. Collated, complete.This is an informative work on furniture, particularly focusing upon its origins and evolution from 3100 to 475 BCE. The author, Hollis S. Baker, believed that proper attention had not been paid to ancient furniture and that 'a knowledge of the art forms and techniques of the past is essential to an understanding of the present&apos. Contents focus upon Egypt, The Near East, and the Aegean, with chapters such as 'The Early Beginnings', 'The Furniture of Hetepheres', 'Household furniture types', and 'The Minoan ascendancy&apos. Written by Hollis S. Baker, the founder of Baker Furniture who achieved overnight popularity following the 1925 Paris Exposition. With an introduction by Sir Gordon Russell (1892-1980), an English designer, craftsman and educationist who was influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement and eventually became the director of the Council of Industrial Design. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally smart, with very light shelf wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Dust wrapper is smart and bright, with very light shelf wear to the head of the spine and creasing to the rear flyleaf. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Keywords: Furniture Ancient Egypt Aegean Eastern art Ancient Egypt Art Not Stated
Price: GBP 38.00 = appr. US$ 54.26 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 911M17
- Book number: 911M17
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