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Rybczynski, Witold, 1943-
Subjects
Chairs -- History.
Sitting customs -- History.
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Rybczynski, Witold, 1943-
Chairs -- History.
Sitting customs -- History.
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Now
I
sit
me
down
: from
klismos
to
plastic
chair
: a
natural
history
/ Witold Rybczynski.
by
Rybczynski, Witold, 1943-
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
Call #:
749.3209 R989n
Subjects
Chairs --
History
.
Sitting customs --
History
.
ISBN:
9780374223212 (hc.)
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
242 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
A Tool for Sitting -- If You
Sit
on It, Can It Still Be Art? -- Sitting Up -- A
Chair
on the Side -- A Golden Age -- Sack-backs and Rockers -- The Henry Ford of Chairs -- By Design -- Great Dane -- Fold and Knockdown, Swing and Roll -- Human Engineering -- Our Time.
Summary:
Have you ever wondered where rocking chairs came from, or why cheap
plastic
chairs are suddenly everywhere? Architect and writer Witold Rybczynski chronicles the
history
of the
chair
from the folding stools of pharaonic Egypt to the ubiquitous stackable monobloc chairs of today. The story of the inventor of the bentwood
chair
, Michael Thonet, and of the creators of the first molded-plywood
chair
, Charles and Ray Eames. The author reveals the
history
of chairs to be a social
history
- of different ways of sitting, of changing manners and attitudes, and of varying tastes. The
history
of chairs is the
history
of who we are. We learn how the ancient Chinese switched from sitting on the floor to sitting in a
chair
, and how the iconic
chair
of Middle America - the Barcalounger - traces its roots back to the Bauhaus. Rybczynski weaves a rich tapestry that draws on art and design
history
, personal experience, and historical accounts. And he pairs these stories with his own delightful hand-drawn illustrations: colonial rockers and English cabrioles, languorous chaise longues, and no-nonsense ergonomic task chairs - they're all here.
"In the hands of one of our best writers on architectures and design, a
history
of chairs becomes a revealing
history
of design and leisure, and ultimately of how we see ourselves"--
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