Mid Century Modern: Furniture of the 1950's

by Cara Greenberg

A look at 1950s innovative furniture design. This book includes the 10 best chairs of the 50s, glimpses at modern collections, photographs from the Herman Miller archives, and the personal collections of designers such as Charles Eames. A list of sources and manufacturers is provided.

175 pages, Hardcover

First published October 9, 1984

Reviews

[Amber · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book focuses heavily on chairs, and I skimmed over some of the text because there's more information than I ever wanted to know about furniture designers in the 1940's-1960's, but it has a lot of large high quality images.