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Publishers
Condé Nast Publications Ltd
Keyword
(Arredamento - Design - Architettura)
Description
In-4°, pp. 304, legatura editoriale con sovraccoperta illustrata a colori. Mende alla sovraccoperta: in particolare, alcuni strappi, riparati, nel margine superiore e una piccola mancanza, di cm 1,3x1,3, nel margine superiore della parte posteriore. Con centinaia di illustrazioni in bianco e nero e a colori nel testo raffiguaranti ambienti arredati. Leggeri segni d'umido alla gurdia posteriore, per il resto molto ben conservato. Testo in inglese. Contents: What is modern?; Clisby Kemp, Makers of the Modern Movement; Modern furniture. Living-rooms. Clisby Kemp, Armchairs ancient and modern; John Carter, Books for living with; Ann Barr, On shelves for showing off; Jill McConnel, Simple and not so simple shelves; Adam Spence, Entertainings rooms; Christine Imhof, The gentle art of arranging; Martin Simmons, The office that stays at home. Bedrooms. Olive Sullivan, The bed has come four square; Margaret Duckett, The modern bedroom; Clisby Kemp, A cabin or a romantic retreat; Single and/orr double?; Heather Williams, The modern day-bed; Martin Simmons, Chair flairfor the bedroom; Percy Brierly, Building a super modern bed. Bathrooms. Joyce Lowrie, Towards the modern bathroom; Margaret Duckett, Decorative keeping clean; Clisby Kemp, Notions for a perfect bath. Kitchens. Ernestine Carter, Transatlantic differences; Richard Rogers, Kitchens are also rooms; Joan Walley, A marathon job; Fiona McCarthy; When the kitchen must also be the dining-room. Dining-rooms. Heather Williams, The international dining-room; The retourn of the dining-room; Nicholas Drew, The art of enjoying oneself a table; Clisby Kemp, Chairs for eating in and/or from. Nurseries. Penelope Mortimer, Children about the house; Siriol Hugh-Jones, Mitty dreams in the nursery; Margaret Duckett, Standing up to punishment. Maintenance. Richard Eve, Getting and keeping your home warmer; Rudolph Diamant, Double-glazing and all that; Rudolph Diamant, Insulating your roof; Rudolph Diamant, Domestic decibels under control; Rudolph Diamant, Getting your share of fresh air inside; Rudolph Diamant, Cures for condensation; Rudolph Diamant, How electric lights work; Rudolph Diamant, Basic facts for home-painters. Index.