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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Inside the interwar British design store that pioneered midcentury modern plywood furniture"It was simple furniture . and we were makers of it."In 1931, the English designer Gerald Summers (1899-1967) and his partner, Marjorie Butcher (1909-96), opened their London shop Makers of Simple Furniture. A small company, they produced made-to-order furniture. Until the firm's closing in 1940, Makers of Simple Furniture produced hundreds of ingenious furniture designs in plywood. Conceived, in Summers' words, as "furniture for the concrete age," this singular body of work shaped the notion of the modern interior in Britain.Makers of Simple Furniture tells for the first time the compelling story of the firm and its dedicated proprietors. Drawing on Butcher's vivid recollections and a wealth of unpublished material-including never-before-seen images, personal correspondence, workshop documents and illustrated specification sheets-the book reveals the magnitude of their achievements and restores a neglected chapter in the history of modern design. This publication is made possible in part by a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardback. Condition: New. Inside the interwar British design store that pioneered midcentury modern plywood furniture "It was simple furniture . and we were makers of it." In 1931, the English designer Gerald Summers (1899-1967) and his partner, Marjorie Butcher (1909-96), opened their London shop Makers of Simple Furniture. A small company, they produced made-to-order furniture. Until the firm's closing in 1940, Makers of Simple Furniture produced hundreds of ingenious furniture designs in plywood. Conceived, in Summers' words, as "furniture for the concrete age," this singular body of work shaped the notion of the modern interior in Britain. Makers of Simple Furniture tells for the first time the compelling story of the firm and its dedicated proprietors. Drawing on Butcher's vivid recollections and a wealth of unpublished material-including never-before-seen images, personal correspondence, workshop documents and illustrated specification sheets-the book reveals the magnitude of their achievements and restores a neglected chapter in the history of modern design. This publication is made possible in part by a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.…

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Hardback. Condition: New. Inside the interwar British design store that pioneered midcentury modern plywood furniture "It was simple furniture . and we were makers of it." In 1931, the English designer Gerald Summers (1899-1967) and his partner, Marjorie Butcher (1909-96), opened their London shop Makers of Simple Furniture. A small company, they produced made-to-order furniture. Until the firm's closing in 1940, Makers of Simple Furniture produced hundreds of ingenious furniture designs in plywood. Conceived, in Summers' words, as "furniture for the concrete age," this singular body of work shaped the notion of the modern interior in Britain. Makers of Simple Furniture tells for the first time the compelling story of the firm and its dedicated proprietors. Drawing on Butcher's vivid recollections and a wealth of unpublished material-including never-before-seen images, personal correspondence, workshop documents and illustrated specification sheets-the book reveals the magnitude of their achievements and restores a neglected chapter in the history of modern design. This publication is made possible in part by a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.…

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Inside the interwar British design store that pioneered midcentury modern plywood furniture"It was simple furniture . and we were makers of it."In 1931, the English designer Gerald Summers (1899-1967) and his partner, Marjorie Butcher (1909-96), opened their London shop Makers of Simple Furniture. A small company, they produced made-to-order furniture. Until the firm's closing in 1940, Makers of Simple Furniture produced hundreds of ingenious furniture designs in plywood. Conceived, in Summers' words, as "furniture for the concrete age," this singular body of work shaped the notion of the modern interior in Britain.Makers of Simple Furniture tells for the first time the compelling story of the firm and its dedicated proprietors. Drawing on Butcher's vivid recollections and a wealth of unpublished material-including never-before-seen images, personal correspondence, workshop documents and illustrated specification sheets-the book reveals the magnitude of their achievements and restores a neglected chapter in the history of modern design. This publication is made possible in part by a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Inside the interwar British design store that pioneered midcentury modern plywood furniture"It was simple furniture . and we were makers of it."In 1931, the English designer Gerald Summers (1899-1967) and his partner, Marjorie Butcher (1909-96), opened their London shop Makers of Simple Furniture. A small company, they produced made-to-order furniture. Until the firm's closing in 1940, Makers of Simple Furniture produced hundreds of ingenious furniture designs in plywood. Conceived, in Summers' words, as "furniture for the concrete age," this singular body of work shaped the notion of the modern interior in Britain.Makers of Simple Furniture tells for the first time the compelling story of the firm and its dedicated proprietors. Drawing on Butcher's vivid recollections and a wealth of unpublished material-including never-before-seen images, personal correspondence, workshop documents and illustrated specification sheets-the book reveals the magnitude of their achievements and restores a neglected chapter in the history of modern design. This publication is made possible in part by a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Condition: New. - The Makers of Simple Furniture of the 1930s- Long overdue recognition of a largely overlooked designer couple- Precursors to modernist seating- The Makers of Simple Furniture of the 1930s- Long overdue recognition of a largely overlooked designer co.

Hardback. Condition: New. Inside the interwar British design store that pioneered midcentury modern plywood furniture "It was simple furniture . and we were makers of it." In 1931, the English designer Gerald Summers (1899-1967) and his partner, Marjorie Butcher (1909-96), opened their London shop Makers of Simple Furniture. A small company, they produced made-to-order furniture. Until the firm's closing in 1940, Makers of Simple Furniture produced hundreds of ingenious furniture designs in plywood. Conceived, in Summers' words, as "furniture for the concrete age," this singular body of work shaped the notion of the modern interior in Britain. Makers of Simple Furniture tells for the first time the compelling story of the firm and its dedicated proprietors. Drawing on Butcher's vivid recollections and a wealth of unpublished material-including never-before-seen images, personal correspondence, workshop documents and illustrated specification sheets-the book reveals the magnitude of their achievements and restores a neglected chapter in the history of modern design. This publication is made possible in part by a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - In 1931, the English designer Gerald Summers and his partner Marjorie Butcher opened their business, Makers of Simple Furniture, in London. Until 1940, the company produced hundreds of ingenious plywood designs that helped define the idea of the modern interior in Great Britain. Based on Marjorie Butcher's vivid recollections and a wealth of unpublished material-including photographs, personal correspondence, designs and workshop documents-the book traces the groundbreaking achievements of the furniture company best known for the iconic Bent Plywood Armchair.The publication was supported in part by the Graham Foundationfor Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.GERALD SUMMERS (1899-1967) is one of the foremost furniture designers of the twentieth century. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, he worked as an engineer before starting his design career. In 1931, he and his partner, MARJORIE BUTCHER (1909-1996), opened Makers of Simple Furniture in London. They managed the firm for almost ten years, producing hundreds of pieces for the modern home. In 1940, wartime exigencies brought an end to the enterprise. They redirected their energy to Gerald Summers Ltd., a supplier of engineering parts.MARTHA DEESE is an authority on Gerald Summers. She earned a master's degree in decorative art history from Cooper-Hewitt Museum/Parsons School of Design, New York, and worked for three decades as an administrator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Her groundbreaking article on Summers and his firm, Makers of Simple Furniture, published in the Journal of Design History in 1992, remains the principal source on the designer.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Gerald Summers & Marjorie Butcher: Makers of Simple Furniture, 1931-1940 - Modern Plywood Design and Iconic Furniture | Martha Deese | Buch | 360 S. | Englisch | 2024 | Hatje Cantz Verlag GmbH | EAN 9783775757614 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: HATJE CANTZ VERLAG GmbH, Mommsenstr. 27, 10629 Berlin, contact[at]hatjecantz[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. …

Hardback. Condition: New. Inside the interwar British design store that pioneered midcentury modern plywood furniture "It was simple furniture . and we were makers of it." In 1931, the English designer Gerald Summers (1899-1967) and his partner, Marjorie Butcher (1909-96), opened their London shop Makers of Simple Furniture. A small company, they produced made-to-order furniture. Until the firm's closing in 1940, Makers of Simple Furniture produced hundreds of ingenious furniture designs in plywood. Conceived, in Summers' words, as "furniture for the concrete age," this singular body of work shaped the notion of the modern interior in Britain. Makers of Simple Furniture tells for the first time the compelling story of the firm and its dedicated proprietors. Drawing on Butcher's vivid recollections and a wealth of unpublished material-including never-before-seen images, personal correspondence, workshop documents and illustrated specification sheets-the book reveals the magnitude of their achievements and restores a neglected chapter in the history of modern design. This publication is made possible in part by a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.…