Modern Furniture in Canada : : 1920-1970 / / Virginia Wright.
Canada's furniture history includes hitherto unrecognized work of international significance in modern design. In this richly illustrated study, Virginia Wright brings such accomplishments to the fore, employing archival photographs and original documentation to trace the development of profess...
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Wright, Virginia, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Modern Furniture in Canada : 1920-1970 / Virginia Wright. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019] ©1997 1 online resource (232 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Heritage Frontmatter -- Contents -- Plates -- Introduction -- 1. Introduction from Europe -- 2. The Furniture Professions -- 3. Craft and Design -- 4. Architects and Advocacy -- 5. Committees, Competitions, and Commissions -- 6. Design Issues -- 7. In the Spotlight -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Sources of Illustrations -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Canada's furniture history includes hitherto unrecognized work of international significance in modern design. In this richly illustrated study, Virginia Wright brings such accomplishments to the fore, employing archival photographs and original documentation to trace the development of professional furniture design, design education, and design advocacy in Canada from 1920 to 1970. Chief among the milestones were the production in Ontario in the mid-1920s of moulded plywood seating for assembly halls, and the world's first moulded plastic furniture produced in prototype by the National Research Council in 1946 - three years before the more famous designs by Charles Eames in the United States.Within a narrative framework, Wright charts the development of modern design from its first appearance in an Eaton's department store, with pieces brought from the Paris Exposition of 1925, through its stealthy entry into Canadian homes, to its establishment as a dominant style. She shows how the introduction of modern industrial materials such as steel tube, rubber, and plywood into the production of commercial and institutional furnishings, and their incorporation into modern decor, reached a wide public through exhibitions and the media. Wright also reveals the relative neglect of this facet of Canada's art history by its museums and galleries, which, after featuring new furniture made in Canada, failed to acquire any for their own permanent exhibitions or study collections.The first account of Canada's innovative furniture design and fabrication of the period, Modern Furniture in Canada, 1920 to 1970 opens the door to a whole new field of study. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Furniture design Canada History 20th century. ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Furniture. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 9783110490947 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487571931 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781487571931 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781487571931.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Plates -- Introduction -- 1. Introduction from Europe -- 2. The Furniture Professions -- 3. Craft and Design -- 4. Architects and Advocacy -- 5. Committees, Competitions, and Commissions -- 6. Design Issues -- 7. In the Spotlight -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Sources of Illustrations -- Index |
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