The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs by Joseph Cunningham - 2008

Yale University Press, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Firmly bound, clean unmarked pages, slight curling to cover corners. This book presents the first major study of this important American designer and craftsman, drawing upon new photographs and fresh sources of information.Alongside traditional historical approaches, the book presents detailed formal, structural, and stylistic analyses of Rohlfs’s well-known masterpieces from major museums, together with lesser-known objects in public and private collections. Topics include discovering the contribution of Rohlfs’s wife?mystery novelist Anna Katharine Green?to his designs; the far-ranging sources of his idiosyncratic motifs; his influence on Gustav Stickley’s designs; his commissioned interiors; his efforts at self-promotion and marketing; and his attempts to define a conceptual framework for his artistic endeavor. Handsomely designed and illustrated, the book also features a complete set of unpublished period illustrations of over seventy works. 282 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiques & Collectibles; ISBN/EAN: 9780300145465. Inventory No: dscf8429. . 9780300145465