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1000 Lights.. Vol. 1,. 1870-1959 / editor, Charlotte Fiell & Peter Fiell.
Contributor(s): Fiell, Charlotte M
| Fiell, PeterPublisher: Köln London : Taschen, 2005Description: 576 p. ill 27 cm001: 10031ISBN: 382281606XSubject(s): Lighting | Interior designDDC classification: 749.63 FIE
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | MAIN LIBRARY Book | 749.63 FIE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 079577 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Designed to be a companion to the classic title 1000 Chairs, this two-volume edition contains an awesome selection of over 1200 lights. Presented chronologically by decade are history's most interesting electric lights, from Edison's first light bulb to Tiffany's beautiful leaded glass shades to completely outrageous designs from the late 1960s and 1970s to the latest high-tech LED lamps. All major styles will be represented: Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modern Movement, De Stijl, Postwar, Pop, Radical, Post-Modern and Contemporary.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction: The evolution of artificial light / Einleitung: Die Evolution des kunstlichen Lichts / Introduction: L'evolution de l'eclairage artificiel (p. 6)
- Lights from 1878 to 1959 / Leuchten von 1878 bis 1959 / Les luminaires, de 1878 a 1959 (p. 48)
- Index (p. 562)
- Manufacturers (p. 569)
- Bibliography (p. 570)
- Picture credits (p. 573)
- Acknowledgements (p. 574)
- Contributors' biographies (p. 575)
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