The secular furniture of E. W. Godwin
By: Susan Weber Soros.
Contributors: Godwin, E. W. 1833-1886.
Publisher: Published for the Bard Graduate Center, New York by Yale University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New Haven, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Godwin, E. W. 1833-1886 -- Catalogues raisonnés; Architect-designed furniture -- Great Britain -- Catalogs
Genres: Catalogues raisonnés.; Catalogs.
Description: "Victorian architect designer E. W. Godwin (1833-86), tying himself neither morally nor aesthetically to a single style, approached design with what he called "judicious eclecticism." Seeking to design furniture appropriate to the needs of modern living, he grappled with the problems of affordability, utility, and function and experimented with modular and fitted furniture decades before it became popular in the mid-twentieth century.

This book is the first comprehensive study of Godwin's furniture designs. Taking the form of a catalogue raisonne, the book documents and reproduces all known examples of his secular furniture and related furniture designs."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [280]-292) and index.
"With catalogue raisonné."