The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (518 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300139098 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This book presents the first major study of this important American designer and craftsman, drawing upon new photographs and fresh sources of information. Alongside traditional historical approaches, the book presents detailed formal, structural, and stylistic analyses of Rohlfs’s well-known masterpieces from major museums, together with lesser-known objects in public and private collections. Topics include discovering the contribution of Rohlfs’s wifemystery novelist Anna Katharine Greento his designs; the far-ranging sources of his idiosyncratic motifs; his influence on Gustav Stickley’s designs; his commissioned interiors; his efforts at self-promotion and marketing; and his attempts to define a conceptual framework for his artistic endeavor. Handsomely designed and illustrated, the book also features a complete set of unpublished period illustrations of over seventy works. . Praised by the international press and exhibited thro
"Charles Rohlfs was active as a furniture designer for a relatively short time, but his influence has been quite extensive. This erudite and comprehensive biographical catalog explains how."—Maine Antique Digest
E. David Gamble said Great Book (but where is the paperback version?). Both the exhibition and the book were wonderful.The book gives a comprehensive look at Rohlfs' work and is well worth having for anyone studying furniture making and design over the years.My only complaint is that Amazon is not offering the paperback version of the book which was sold at the exhibition.. Charles Rohlfs scholarship I think that Charles Rohlfs created some of the finest and most original furniture ever created in America.This book was designed beautifully and has many great plates. However, I find that there was nothing really important added to the scholarship on Rohlfs. The original 199Charles Rohlfs scholarship David I think that Charles Rohlfs created some of the finest and most original furniture ever created in America.This book was designed beautifully and has many great plates. However, I find that there was nothing really important added to the scholarship on Rohlfs. The original 1994 book Drama in Design by M. book Drama in Design by M. Mark DeCou said Furniture maker's will love this book. I build furniture, and carve wood. This work by Rohlfs absolutely blows my mind. I can clearly see why his work is so highly collected today, although I can't understand why it's taken so long to give him the kudos he deserves. The book is interesting to read, has great photos, and tells the Rohlfs stor