<b>Chairs displayed on their own as pure form. An overview of the 20th century</b><br /> More than any other piece of furniture, the chair has been subjected to the wildest dreams of the designers. The particular curve of a backrest, or the twist of a leg, the angle of a seat or the color of the entire artifact all reflect the stylistic consciousness of each era.<br /><br /> From <b>Gerrit Rietveld</b> and <b>Alvar Aalto</b> to <b>Verner Panton</b> to <b>Eva Zeisel</b>, from Art Nouveau to International Style, from Pop Art to Postmodernism, the phenomenon of the chair is so complex that it requires a reference work as comprehensive as this to do it full justice. They are all here: <b>Thonet</b>’s bentwood chairs and <b>Hoffmann</b>’s sitting-machines, <b>Marcel Breuer</b>’s Wassily chair and <b>Ron Arad</b>’s avant-garde armchairs.<br /><br /> The book devotes one page to each chair, displayed on its own as pure form, with biographical and historical information about the chairs and
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