Product Description

"Chairs: A History", by furniture authority Florence de Dampierre, is a wonderfully readable, profusely illustrated history of seating from the ancient world to the present. The sparkling text is full of surprising and fascinating information on historical personalities, fashion, custom and social life. Starting with the emergence of chairs in Pre-dynastic Egypt and progressing through the social uses and meaning of various forms of seats in Classic Greece and the Roman Empire, de Dampierre leads her reader through the chair's historical development in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the modern world, with interesting detours to China and Africa.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #152454 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 432 pages

About the Author
Florence de Dampierre, a noted decorator and furniture historian, is the author of several books, including The Best Painted Furniture and The Decorator, as well as numerous articles on period furniture in the fine art press. She lives in Litchfield, Conneticut with her husband and children.