{"product_id":"the-artistic-furniture-of-charles-rohlfs-9780300139099","title":"The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs","description":"\u003cp\u003eA highly anticipated look at the life and work of one of turn-of-the-century Americas most creative and influential furniture designers  Charles Rohlfs (18531936) ranked among the most innovative furniture makers at the turn of the twentieth century. Praised by the international press and exhibited throughout the United States and Europe  his beautiful works grew out of an interesting mix of styles that included Arts and Crafts  Art Nouveau  and proto-modernism. This book presents the first major study of this important American designer and craftsman  drawing upon new photographs and fresh sources of information. Alongside traditional historical approaches  the book presents detailed formal  structural  and stylistic analyses of Rohlfss well-known masterpieces from major museums  together with lesser-known objects in public and private collections. Topics include discovering the contribution of Rohlfss wifemystery novelist Anna Katharine Greento his designs; the far-ranging sources of his idiosyncratic motifs; his influence on Gustav Stickleys designs; his commissioned interiors; his efforts at self-promotion and marketing; and his attempts to define a conceptual framework for his artistic endeavor. Handsomely designed and illustrated  the book also features a complete set of unpublished period illustrations of over seventy works.  Published in association with American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation  Exhibition Schedule: Milwaukee Art Museum (June 6  August 23  2009) Dallas Museum of Art (September 20  2009  January 3  2010) Carnegie Museum of Art  Pittsburgh (January 30  April 25  2010) The Huntington Library  Art Collections  and Botanical Gardens  San Marino (May 22  September 6  2010) The Metropolitan Museum of Art  New York (October 19  2010  January 23  2011)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651637633077,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300139098","price":143.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300139099.jpg?v=1781836795","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-artistic-furniture-of-charles-rohlfs-9780300139099","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}