Chicago Furniture: Art, Craft, and Industry, 1833-1983

This profusely illustrated volume covers 150 years of the design and manufacture of furniture in Chicago.By tracing the economic and social evolution of this industry, it also vividly reflects the pattern of industrial growth and westward expansion of the nation as a whole. It will appeal to furniture lovers and to anyone interested in American customs manners and domestic life from the early nineteenth to the present.It shows how the demands of production merged with changing aesthetics to form a variety of American styles.