Page, Marion — Furniture Designed by Architects

New York, NY, Whitney Library of Design, 1983. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Light green illustrated wraps with red and black lettering, 224 pp. bw illustrations. "Furniture Designed by Architects covers 26 prominent architects whose work, spanning two centuries, encompasses a broad spectrum of styles. Organized in eight chapters, the book begins with a review of the work of Kent and Adam. whose furniture inspired Sheraton and Hepplewhite in Britain and the Federalist cabinet-makers of America. In the Victorian era, Americans Alexander Jackson Davis, champion of the Gothic Revival, and James Renwick helped popularize the flamboyant Gothic style of the mid-19th century." - blurb from back of book. G+ (sticker residue on front cover, shelf wear at corners, all pages clear and intact) .