1945 British Furniture Makers

Description

Author's Presentation Copy, Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, With Dustwrapper

Author's presentation copy. 

From the library of Ambrose Heal (1872-1959), an English furniture designer and businessman who served as the chairman of Heal's (then known as Heal & Son) from 1913-1953. His designs appeared at exhibitions of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society for more than thirty years, with his most significant contribution being simpler, well-designed pieces desirable to a broader middle-class public.

Inscribed to the front free endpaper by him to state that this copy was given to him by the author. 

With the original unclipped dust wrapper. 

Illustrated with eight colour plates and twenty-five illustrations in black-and-white. Collated, complete. 

An intriguing history of British furniture making, tracing the art back to almost forgotten generations of craftsmen. Covering the rise, decline and revival of design and the impacts of architecture on the field. 

Written by John Gloag, a specialist on the subject, as well as an author of science and speculative ficiton.