Sourcebook of Modern Furniture

Book info: Sourcebook of Modern Furniture (Hardcover, 788 pages) – W. W. Norton & Company, 2005. Language: English.

A comprehensive guide to the most influential furniture and lighting designs of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, updated and expanded, with color throughout.

Works by hundreds of prominent designers, including Alvar Aalto, Vignelli Associates, Aldo Rossi, Le Corbusier, and Paolo Nava, pack the pages. 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. 745 color & 1,175 black-and-white illustrations Editorial Reviews Review Handy reference tool for interior designers and furniture historians, but a good guide for anyone interested in redoing a home. (Newsday, Pam Robinson) About the Author Jerryll Habegger teaches at the Harrington Institute of Interior Design in Chicago, Illinois.

Joseph H. Osman, a furniture and jewelry dealer, lives in Ashland, Massachusetts.