20th-Century Furniture (arranged in descending order by publication date)
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Modern Furniture: 150 years of design
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Call Number: 749 M7205ISBN: 9783848000302Publication Date: 2012-05-15Architecture & Art
A hefty history of furniture design, primarily in the 20th century. Includes an index. -
The Story of Eames Furniture
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Call Number: Q. 749.0973 Ea62sISBN: 9783899552300Publication Date: 2010-09-01Architecture & Art
A two-volume history of Charles and Ray Eames' furniture design. Includes bibliographical references and an index. -
Mobi boom : l’explosion du design en France, 1945-1975 byCall Number: Q. 745.4 M7131ISBN: 9782916914213Publication Date: 2010Architecture & Art
A French-language book and DVD to accompany an exhibition on 20th-century French furniture design, held at the Arts décoratifs, Paris, Sept. 22, 2010-Jan. 2, 2011. Includes bibliographical references and an index. -
The Furniture Machine: furniture since 1990
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Call Number: Q. 749.09049 W68fISBN: 9781851774944Publication Date: 2006-10-01Architecture & Art
A study of furniture designers at the end of the 20th century and first few years of the 21st century. Includes bibliographical references and an index. -
The Maker's Hand: American studio furniture, 1940-1990
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Call Number: Q. 749.213 C774mISBN: 0878466622Publication Date: 2003-10-02Architecture & Art and Oak St.
Published in conjunction with the exhibition "The Maker’s Hand: American Studio Furniture, 1940-1999," organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in collaboration with The Furniture Society, from November 12, 2003, to February 8, 2004. Includes bibliographical references and an index. -
Mod to Memphis: design in colour 1960s-80s
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Call Number: 749.0904 W332mISBN: 1863170944Publication Date: 2003-01-01Architecture & Art
A catalog published in conjunction with an exhibition on 20th-century furniture design held at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Aug. 2002-Mar. 2003. Includes bibliographical references. -
Swiss Furniture and Interiors in the 20th Century
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Call Number: Q. 749.2494 Sw66ISBN: 3764364831Publication Date: 2002-06-01Oak St.
A substantial history of 20th-century Swiss furniture and interior design. Includes bibliographical references and an index. -
An Eames Primer
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Call Number: 745.44973 D394eISBN: 078930628XPublication Date: 2002-02-09Architecture & Art
A guide to the work of designers Charles and Ray Eames, including their furniture. With bibliographical references and an index. -
American Contemporary Furniture
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Call Number: 749.2130904 B285aISBN: 078930435XPublication Date: 2000-10-13Architecture & Art
A survey of 20th-century American furniture. -
Minimalist Design
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Call Number: Q. 749.0904 B462d:EISBN: 3764365064Publication Date: 2000-04-01Oak St.
A study of 20th-century minimalism in furniture design, art, and architecture. Includes bibliographical references. -
New Modern Furniture Design byCall Number: Q. 749.2049 As27nISBN: 0823071944Publication Date: 1998-08-01Architecture & Art
A study of furniture design at the end of the 20th century. -
Modern Furniture in Canada, 1920-1970
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Call Number: 749.2110904 W937MISBN: 080202873XPublication Date: 1997-04-17Main Stacks
A history of modern Canadian furniture design. Includes bibliographical references and an index. -
Neo-Furniture byCall Number: Q. 749.20499 D758NISBN: 0847816125Publication Date: 1992-10-15Main Stacks
A study of themes and motifs in 20th-century European furniture. Includes bibliographical references and an index. -
Modern Furniture Classics since 1945 byCall Number: Q. 749.20495 F461moISBN: 9781558350403Publication Date: 1991-10-01Architecture & Art and Main Stacks
A history of 20th-century furniture design. Contents: 1900 to 1945 : introduction : ornament in exile; 1945 to 1950 : reconstruction and rationalism; 1950 to 1960 : the ascendancy of organic design; 1960 to 1970 : pop culture and anti-design; 1970 to 1980 : conformist, reformist or contesting; 1980 to the present day : the eclectic years; Collecting modern furniture; Specialist dealers, galleries and museums. Includes bibliographical references and an index. -
Furniture, modern and postmodern, design and technology
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Call Number: 684.1 P64M1990ISBN: 0471854387Publication Date: 1990-05-14Architecture & Art Reference [non-circulating]
A survey of 20th-century furniture design. Includes bibliographical references and an index. -
Eames Design: the work of the office of Charles and Ray Eames
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Call Number: Q. 745.44973 EA62NISBN: 0810908794Publication Date: 1989-10-01Architecture & Art Closed Stacks [non-circulating]
A study of Charles and Ray Eames' furniture designs. Includes bibliographical references. -
Sourcebook of Modern Furniture byCall Number: Q. 749.2049 H113s; NK2395 .H34 1989ISBN: 0442232764Publication Date: 1989-09-01Main Stacks and Oak St.; Undergraduate Library
Provides a history of 20th-century furniture design and designers. With a bibliography and an index. -
The New Furniture: trends+traditions byCall Number: 749.2049 D735NISBN: 0500234922Publication Date: 1987-09-01Main Stacks
A survey of late 20th-century furniture. Includes a bibliography and an index. -
Art Deco Furniture: The French Designers byCall Number: 749.24 D912a 1984; NK2549 .D86 1984ISBN: 0030000998Publication Date: 1984-11-01Architecture & Art; Undergraduate Library
A pictorial survey of French Art Deco furniture. Includes bibliographies on the designers as well as a general bibliography. -
Chicago Furniture: art, craft & industry, 1833-1983 byCall Number: 749.2173 D249CISBN: 0393018180Publication Date: 1984-02-01ACES, Architecture & Art, and Illinois History & Lincoln Collection [non-circulating]
A comprehensive history of furniture made in Chicago from 1833 to 1983. With bibliographical information in the notes. -
Furniture by Architects : 500 international masterpieces of twentieth-century design and where to buy them byCall Number: Q. 749.2 EM36FISBN: 0810909308Publication Date: 1983-10-01Architecture & Art
A survey of exceptional 20th-century furniture. Includes an index. -
Furniture of the American Arts and Crafts Movement: Stickley and Roycroft mission oak byCall Number: 749.213 C286f; NK2407 .C37 1981ISBN: 0453003974Publication Date: 1981-04-16Main Stacks; Undergraduate Library
A survey of American Arts & Crafts furniture made between 1900 and 1916. Includes a bibliography and an index. -
Twentieth-Century Furniture byCall Number: 749.2049 G186tISBN: 0442254210Publication Date: 1980-01-01Main Stacks
A pictorial survey of 20th-century European and American furniture. With a glossary and a select bibliography. -
Klassiker des modernen Möbeldesign : Otto Wagner, Adolf Loos, Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser byCall Number: 749.236 M912kPublication Date: 1980Main Stacks
A history of early 20th-century furniture design in Austria and Germany, with an emphasis on the works of Wagner, Loos, Hoffmann, and Moser. Includes a classified bibliography. -
History of Modern Furniture
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Call Number: Q. 749.204 M31G:EISBN: 0810910667Publication Date: 1979-09-01Main Stacks, Oak St., and Lincoln Avenue Residence Hall circulating collection
A brief survey of 19th- and 20th-century furniture. Includes bibliographical references and an index.
