Marie Curie: A Brilliant Life
As a poor student in Paris, Marie Curie piled clothes--and furniture--on top of herself to keep warm at night. But Marie went on to become the first woman to win a Nobel Prize--and also the first person to win this award twice. Photos.
American Furniture by Luke Beckerdite, ISBN 1584650559
Acknowledged as the journal of record in its field, American Furniture presents new research on furniture design, use, production, and appreciation. Begun in 1993, this award-winning annual provides a comprehensive forum on furniture history, technology, connoisseurship, and conservation by the foremost scholars in the field. It is the only interdisciplinary journal devoted exclusively to furniture made or used in the Americas from the 17th century to the present.
American Furniture by Luke Beckerdite, ISBN 1584650559 
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Herman Miller: The Purpose of Design
In 1936, Herman Miller Inc. founder D. J. De Pree committed Herman Miller to "modern" furniture. The rest is history: their continuing collaboration with some of the giants of modern design has made Herman Miller synonymous with quality in design. Herman Miller examines the company's powerful contributions by looking at the problems that design can solve and how creative thinking can benefit the world. Aside from having produced icons of modern furniture, Herman Miller has revolutionized office systems and furniture in the workplace.
A definitive history of design and the company's work since its founding, Herman Miller features the legendary designs of Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Isamu Noguchi, Gilbert Rohde, Bill Stumpf, Don Chadwick, and many more. It is a must-read for collectors, designers, professionals, students, and anyone with an interest in design.
Herman Miller: The Purpose of Design
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Fun with Butterflies Stencils by Sue Brooks, ISBN 048629501X
6 sturdy, pre-cut stencils depict a small colony of butterflies perfect for tracing and coloring. Ideal for adding charming accents to windows, walls, furniture, more.
Fun with Butterflies Stencils by Sue Brooks, ISBN 048629501X
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Sourcebook of Modern Furniture
OVER 2,000 IMPORTANT PIECES arranged by type of furniture or fixture make this book the go-to guide for students and historians of modern furniture, as well as an essential tool for interior designers. Each entry gives the details of the design: date, model name or number, manufacturer, materials, and dimensions.
Sourcebook of Modern Furniture
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Fabulous Painted Furniture
Fantastic and fanciful designs, simple and irresistible techniques, and projects that give new life to old or unfinished furniture: all it takes is paint, stain, and paper to decorate to your heart� 2s content. Nothing could be more fun than watching these wonderful pieces emerge from your paintbrush. A sea-blue chair dazzles with an ocean full of smiling fish, while a crackled and distressed metallic table features dragonflies in flight. Daisies and ladybugs adorn a charming miniature chest. Patterns and easy-to-follow instructions for chairs, tables, chests of drawers, cabinets, and children� 2s furniture make each project easy.
Fabulous Painted Furniture
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In the Modern Style: Building Furniture Inspired by the 20th-Century Tradition by Editors of Fine Woodworking, ISBN 1561585815
With its clean, minimalist lines and functional approach to design, modern-style furniture has experienced a resurgence in popularity. This book covers the styles, background, and hallmark design elements of modern furniture; shows how to build a variety of pieces; and shares woodworking techniques. 270 color photos & illustrations.
In the Modern Style: Building Furniture Inspired by the 20th-Century Tradition by Editors of Fine Woodworking, ISBN 1561585815
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Designers Guide to Furniture Styles by Treena M. Crochet, ISBN 0130447579
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. This fascinating book is a beautiful visual reference guide to furniture styles. For architects, interior designers, furniture manufacturers, and antique dealers.
Designers Guide to Furniture Styles by Treena M. Crochet, ISBN 0130447579
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The World of Biedermeier by Linda Chase, ISBN 0500510555
Biedermeier furniture and interior design are recognized today as the first great flowering of haute bourgeois taste in interior design. Biedermeier is a style with great range, from austere to sumptuous, but it is never ostentatious in its celebration of comfort, domestic intimacy, and practicality. Beginning in the early nineteenth century, these bourgeois ideals in design were pursued by a wide range of society from the Hapsburgs and Hohenzollern to the middle class, from Middle Europe to Italy, yet Biedermeier's innate classicism, its lyrical yet elegant forms, have made it an influential inspiration in our own time.
The World of Biedermeier celebrates the elements of a wonderfully appealing style -- the furniture, decorative elements, paintings, crystal, porcelain, fabrics -- as no other recent book on furniture and design. Created out of an enraptured obsession with Biedermeier -- shared by Karl Kemp, the renowned antiques dealer, and Linda Chase, the noted interior designer and...
The World of Biedermeier by Linda Chase, ISBN 0500510555
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