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William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones Interlacings
ISBN: HB: 9780300140934, Yale University Press, October 2008
224 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 60 colour images, 40 black&white illus.
The friendship between William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones began when they met as undergraduates in 1853 and lasted until Morris' death in 1896, despite their differences in temperament and in attitudes to political engagement. This friendship was...
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£40,00
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Designing Universal Knowledge The World as Flatland: Report 1
ISBN: HB: 9783037781494, Lars Muller Publishers, October 2008
304 pp., 24x16.5 cm, 650 illus.
The development of modern communication and information technologies like the Internet and globalization have not only changed access and spread of the available knowledge but also the speed of collecting. The author examines collections of knowledge...
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£30,00
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Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs
ISBN: HB: 9780300139099, Yale University Press, September 2008
304 pp., 30.5x25.4 cm, 321 colour images, 16 black&white illus.
Charles Rohlfs (1853-1936) ranked among the most innovative furniture makers at the turn of the twentieth century. Praised by the international press and exhibited throughout the United States and Europe, his beautiful works grew out of an interestin...
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£60,00
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Shaker Design Out of This World
ISBN: HB: 9780300137286, Yale University Press, March 2008
320 pp., 30.5x23.5 cm, 350 illus.
Reaching an apogee of 6,000 members in the years just before the American Civil War, the Shaker movement was the most extensive, enduring, and successful utopian society ever established in America. Leaving Manchester in 1776 to avoid persecution, th...
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£60,00
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Architect and Engineer A Study in Sibling Rivalry
ISBN: HB: 9780300124439, Yale University Press, February 2008
480 pp., 28x23 cm, 260 black&white illus., 50 colour illus.
How architects and engineers relate to one another has long been debated but never before addressed over a broad span of history. There are many controversial issues: about professional demarcation, about credit for design, about the value we attach...
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