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High Styles: Twentieth-Century American Design

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The first major survey of the genius of 20th-century American design, presenting the best of American furniture, industrial design, and decorative objects selected by a distinguished team of art and architectural historians.

1900-1915: Tradition and reform by David A. Hanks with Jennifer Toher
1915-1930: Traditionalism and design: old models for new by David Gebhard
1930-1945: The world of tomorrow: the future with a past by Rosemarie Haag Bletter
1945-1960: The rationalist period by Esther McCoy
1960-1975: The interior landscape and the politics of change by Martin Foller
1975-1985: Total style by Lisa Phillips

2012 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985

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