NEW FURNITURE 4
NEW FURNITURE / NEUE MOBEL /MUEBLES NOUVEAUX
Gerd Hatje [Editor] and Wolfgang Clasen [text]
Gerd Hatje [Editor] and Wolfgang Clasen [text]: NEW FURNITURE 4 [NEW FURNITURE / NEUE MOBEL /MUEBLES NOUVEAUX]. NYC: George Witteenborn, 1958. First edition. Text in English, German, and French. A very good to near-fine hardcover book bound in full, decorated cloth in a near-fine dust jacket: the price-clipped DJ is lightly worn along the top edge. These highly coveted reference editions are seldomly found in collectible condition -- this particular copy is remarkably well-preserved. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print.
8.75 x 11.75 book, with 162 pages and 347 b/w photographs of contemporary furniture, circa 1958. Beautifully designed and printed in Germany on high-quality glossy paper. Highly recommended. These volumes -- whether you call them "Neue Mobel," "Meubles Nouveaux," or "Muebles Modernos” -- are actively sought and rarely remain on the market for long. You have been warned.
A complete index provides names and addresses of designers and manufacturers.
New Furniture was conceived as a series devoted to the survey of international furniture. The fourth volume contains 347 illustrations showing the best and most interesting designs of chairs, sofas, beds, tables, cabinets, shelves, office furniture, and nursery furniture by designers from fifteen countries. This wide scope makes it possible for the reader to compare different trends and to discern future developments.
A complete index that includes names and addresses of designers and manufacturers adds greatly to the usefulness of this volume. The magazine "Interiors" has called this series "probably the best international furniture review between two covers available anywhere. It is thorough and broad in its coverage, selected with great taste and a sharp sense of what constitutes interesting design news.
- introduction
- Chairs
- Sofas, Couches and Beds
- Tables
- Bureaus, Chests and Shelves
- Nursery Furniture
- index: manufacturers, designers, photographers
The following Designers, Distributors and Manufacturers are represented in this volume: Designers: Alvar Aalto, Franco Albini, Carl Aubock, Hans Bellmann, Harry Bertoia, Osvaldo Borsani, Cees Braakman, Terence Conran, Carlo di Carli, Robin Day, Nanna and Jorgen Ditzel, Charles Eames, Sven Engstrom, Germano Facetti, Gianfranco Frattini, Walter Frey, Hans Gugelot, Robert Gutmann, Emil Guhl, Willy Guhl, Fritz Hansen, Herbert Hirche, Jorgen Hoj, Peter Hvidt, Fred Hochstrasser, Arne Jacobsen, Grete Jalk, Finn Juhl, Poul Kjaerholm, Florence Knoll, Jan Kuypers, Paul McCobb, Roberto Mango, George Nelson, Helmut Otepka, Hans Olsen, Verner Panton, Ico Parisi, Pierre Paulin, Wim Reitveld, Gastone Rinaldi, Alberto Rosselli, Eero Saarinen, Alf Svensson, Kurt Thut, Paolo Tilche, Kristian Vedel, Hans Wegner, and others. Manufacturers: Arform, Artek, Willy Beck, Wilhelm Bofinger, Cassina, Conran, Fratelli Crippa, Fritz Hansen, Haussmann & Haussmann, Hille of London, Jorgen Hoi, Knoll Associates, Herman Miller Furniture Company, Nordiska Kompaniet, and many others.