| Author | Ross, Phyllis, 1942-
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| Title | Gilbert Rohde : modern design for modern living / Phyllis Ross.
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| Published | New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.
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| Description | xiii, 274 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
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| ISBN | 978-0-300-12064-6 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0-300-12064-8 (alk. paper) |
| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-266) and index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: The molding of an American -- A natural path to modernism -- Designing furniture for mass production -- The Herman Miller connection -- The 1933 Chicago Fair -- Marketing modernism -- Promoting modernism in industry, education, and retailing -- Exhibits designed to sell : products, ideas, and image -- American modernism comes into focus.
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| Subjects | Furniture design -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Modernism (Aesthetics) -- United States.
Rohde, Gilbert, 1894-1944 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| LC Card Number | 2008-32168 |
| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: NK 2439 R737 R82 2009
mq242937: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 145861] |
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