"With developments in technology and materials, the past 100 years have witnessed an evolution in furniture design. Twentieth-Century Furniture is an illustrated guide to the multifarious talents of international designers and manufacturers." "The explosion in styles, initiated by technical progress and fashions in architecture, design and interiors, is catalogued in this chronological overview of the century's masterpieces, from the handmade vernacular styles of the Arts and Crafts Movement and Art Deco, through the early Modernists to the colourful and chaotic world of Pop Art, and finally to today's innovative and experimental designs.