Twentieth-century furniture : materials, manufacture, and markets
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Twentieth-century furniture : materials, manufacture, and markets
（Studies in design and material culture）
Manchester University Press , Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Nartin's Press, c1994
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-223) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The range of furniture available in the 20th century has increased dramatically, from antique chaise longues, to one-off designer chairs. Between these extremes lies a wide range of mass-produced furniture, from MFI to Habitat, designed and priced to suit a variety of tastes. This detailed analysis of the developments of 20th-century furniture concentrates on production, retailing and consumption within a social, cultural and economic context. One of the main challenges facing furniture design in the 20th century has been the move towards smaller living spaces, necessitating the development of multi-functional furniture, such as the sofabed and stacking chairs. Edwards covers this, alongside detailed discussion of new technology and materials, the growth of niche marketing, the rise of credit and the changing tastes of the public from 1900 to the 1990s.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Introduction. Part 2 Materials: wood
- plywood
- laminated wood
- particle board and hardboard
- bentwood
- plastics
- latex rubber & synthetic foams
- springing
- metal - sheet, tubular, wire and rod, aluminium
- others. Part 3 Technology and production: influence of wartime
- production efficiency
- factory layout
- machine use
- construction methods
- finishing processes
- machine decoration
- upholstery
- standardisation and typeforms. Part 4 The furniture industry: structure
- organisation and entrepreneurs
- attitudes to design
- marketing & advertising
- government restrictions. Part 5 Distribution: the role of the retailer
- organisation and structure of the trade - specialist retailers, concept stores, multiples, credit selling, superstores, others. Part 6 Patterns of consumption: the rise of the popular market 1900-1925
- between the wars 1925-1940
- wartime to prosperity 1940-1960
- pluralism 1960-1992.
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