chairs: a history by de dampierre
in chairs: a history, furniture historian florence de dampierre presents a wonderfully readable and visually stunning exploration of chairs and their place in culture throughout the ages. along with hundreds of gorgeous photographs--many taken specifically for this book--de dampierre fills these pages with fascinating information and anecdotes, tracing the chair's emergence in ancient egypt and examining various forms of seating from classical greece, the roman empire, and the renaissance era, to the classic designs of today.

546 illustrations, 498 in color, 432 pages, 7.5 x 10.5, hardcover