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Designer's Guide to Furniture Styles - Hardcover

Crochet, Treena M.

 
9780130447579: Designer's Guide to Furniture Styles

Synopsis

For courses in Furniture History, Furniture Design, History of Interior Design, History of Decorative Arts, and Introduction to Interior Design.

This text profiles the history of the development of various furniture styles, exploring the evolution of style in the context of the architectural setting, interior design, and decorative arts of each period.

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About the Author

Treena Crochet. After receiving a Masters degree in art and architectural history from the University of North Texas, award-winning author Treena Crochet spent seventeen years in the classroom teaching interior design courses in the United States and the Middle East. As president of A Matter of Style, Ltd., a Boston-based interior design consulting firm, she is an Allied Member of the American Society of Interior Designers. Currently, Ms. Crochet spends most of her time speaking at national and international industry conferences and working on a new book series for the Taunton Press on historic homes. For more information, please visit the company website: www.styleltd.com.

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Winner of the ASID Educational Foundation Joel Polsky Prize, 1999
The American Society of Interior Designers

This book profiles the history of the development of various furniture styles, exploring the evolution of style in the context of the architectural setting, interior design, and decorative arts of each period. It presents a complete timeline―correlating political and cultural events to the development of furniture, architecture, and artistic movements―and considers the social, political, and economic factors that influence design trends and individual taste.

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ISBN 10:  013374695X ISBN 13:  9780133746952
Publisher: Pearson, 1998
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