History of Furniture: A Global View, Mark Hinchman, Fairchild Books, 2009, NF

Hinchman, Mark. History of Furniture: A Global View (New York: Fairchild Books, 2009).

English, Near Fine, HC, 4to, 11 1/4" x 9," 620 pp., including illustrations, Glossary, and Index.

ISBN: 9781563675447

Near Fine light green paper-covered boards with black lettering on spine. Covers have slight bumping to tips and head and tail of spine and light rubbing, else clean and intact, binding tight. Pages pristine and intact. Replete with illustrations in black-and-white and color. A fascinating survey of furniture from different civilizations and cultures through the ages. The chapters are titled as follows under Table of Contents: "Prehistory," "Ancient Civilizations," "Classical Civilizations," "Early Christian and Byzantine," "Romanesque and Islamic," "Gothic," "The Americas," "From Stupa to Pagoda and from Mat to Chair: China, India, and Cambodia," "Renaissance," "Baroque," "Rococo," "England," "In the Colonies," "Neoclassical," "Victorian and Historical Revivals," "Reform Movements: Arts and Crafts," "Africa," "Japan and Japonisme," "Art Nouveau," "Protomodernism," "Heroic Modernism: Myths and Realities," "Art Deco, Traditional Design, and the Rise of the Decorator," "Other Modernisms," and "After Modernism: Modernism Continued, Postmodernism, and Deconstruction." Extended Table of Contents further breaks down the chapters into constituent subchapters.