Asian Furniture: A Directory and Sourcebook

Description

Asian Furniture: A Directory and Sourcebook
Peter Moss, Anthony Banks e | and Soedarmadji J. H. Damais

Thames & Hudson, London, 2007
Capa dura com sobre-capa com ilustração editorial | Hardcover with pictorial illustrated dust-jacket | Couverture rigide reliée et jaquette éditeur illustrée.
307 páginas | pages. 29,3 x 32 x 3.4cm.
1ª Edição | 1ere edition | First edition.
ISBN: 978-0500513781
Papel de alta qualidade | Papier d’haute qualité | High quality paper
Profusamente Ilustrado | Profusely Illustrated | Abondamment ilustre
Livro em muito bom estado | Book in very good + condition | Condition: très bon état.
Idioma | Language: Inglês | English

ENG
Western-style furniture was a relatively late arrival in Asia, where climates and lifestyles were markedly different from those in Europe. But colonial incursions and circumstances of history conspired to bring about profound changes, and furniture design in Asia blossomed into a major decorative art. Each of the eight countries covered here – China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Tibet and the Philippines – developed its own particular designs, creating pieces furniture as works of art. Today these diverse pieces are treasured by collectors worldwide, from Manhattan lofts to Parisian apartments, as well as in the countries they originated.
The examples featured in this book were drawn from private collections, antique dealers, and museums around the world, and are organized by country and then by type: chairs, armoires, tables, chests, and more. Each piece has been specially photographed and is described in detail, and the relations between the various periods and styles are explored. The texts have been written by experts from the eight countries represented here.
“Gloriously photographed…. This genre is at last given its due.”
– Antiques and the Arts Weekly