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Encyclopedia > List of Furniture designers

--69.15.141.211 05:46, 30 June 2006 (UTC)A list of notable furniture designers, cabinet makers and people involved in that trade. Furniture is the collective term for the movable objects which support the human body (seating furniture and beds), provide storage, and hold objects on horizontal surfaces above the ground. ... Usually considered in the context of the applied arts, engineering, architecture, and other such creative endeavours, design is used as both a noun and a verb. ... Cabinet making is the practice of utilizing many woodworking skills to create cabinets, shelving and furniture. ...

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L - Z Finlandia Hall. ... Eero Aarnio (born 1932) is a Finnish interior designer, well known for his innovative furniture designs in the 1960s, notably his plastic and fiberglass chairs. ... Robert Adam Robert Adam (3 July 1728 - 3 March 1792) was a Scottish architect, interior designer and furniture designer, born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. ... Brad Ascalon Brad Ascalons Tivola Chair (2005), a bent wood combination chair and side table. ... Fred Baier is regarded as one of the most avant garde British furniture designer makers since the Seventies when he graduated from The Royal College of Art. ... Mario Bellini (born 1935) is an Italian industrial designer and architect. ... Peter Behrens (April 14, 1868–February 27, 1940) was a German architect and designer. ... Harry Bertoia (b. ... Mario Botta (born April 1, 1943) is a famous modern architect born in Mendrisio, Ticino canton, Switzerland. ... Marcel Breuer Marcel Lajos Breuer (May 21, 1902 Pécs, Hungary – July 1, 1981 New York City), architect and furniture designer, was an influential modernist. ... Andre-Charles Boulle (11 November 1642 - 28 February 1732), was a French cabinetmaker, who is generally considered to be the preeminent artist in the field of Marquetry. ... Matthew Boulton. ... Jeremy Broun is amongst a handful of pioneers of the Seventies British Craft Furniture Revival and a leading innovative designer maker of wood furniture. ... The central courtyard of Chambers Somerset House in London. ... Eliphalet Chapin (born in Massachusetts, 1741, died in East Windsor, Connecticut, 1807) was a cabinetmaker and furniture maker in East Windsor, Connecticut in the late 1700s. ... Eliphalet Chapin (born in Massachusetts, 1741, died in East Windsor, Connecticut, 1807) was a cabinetmaker and furniture maker in East Windsor, Connecticut in the late 1700s. ... Thomas Chippendale, the elder (June 5, 1718 - November 1779) was a furniture designer and maker from Otley, West Yorkshire. ... Thomas Chippendale, the younger, 1749 - 1822 was the eldest of Thomas Chippendales eleven children. ... Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727–1785), Italian painter and engraver, Pistoiese by descent, was born in Florence. ... Joe Cesare Colombo (1930-1971) was an Italian industrial designer. ... Henry Copland was a British furniture designer and ornamentalist. ... Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, widely known as Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887–August 27, 1965), was a Swiss architect famous for his contributions to what is now called modernism, or the International Style. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Ray-Bernice Alexandra Kaiser Eames (December 15, 1912 - August 21, 1988) was an American artist, designer, architect and filmmaker who, together with her husband Charles, is responsible for many classic, iconic designs of the 20th century. ... Charles Eames (June 17, 1907 – August 21, 1978) was an American designer, architect and filmmaker who, together with his wife Ray, is responsible for many classic, iconic designs of the 20th century. ... For the 19th century English painter, see Sir Charles Lock Eastlake Charles Locke Eastlake (1836 - 1906) was an architect and furniture designer. ... Hearst Tower (New York City) Expo MRT Station, Mass Rapid Transit, Singapore. ... Bibendum chair by Eileen Gray E1027 table by Eileen Gray Eileen Gray (August 9, 1878 – October 31, 1976) was an Irish lacquer artist, furniture designer, and architect now well-known for incorporating luxurious lacquer work into the stark International Style aesthetic. ... The Gehry tower in Hannover Frank Owen Gehry (born Ephraim Goldberg on February 28, 1929) is an architect known for his interesting use of metal sheathing for his buildings. ... Ghyczy designed chair Peter Ghyczy born in 1940 at Budapest is a furniture designer. ... One of the many bookcase carvings Gibbons made for the Wren Library, Cambridge. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Brothers Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene, who established the Architectural firm of Greene and Greene, were born in Brighton, Ohio in 1868 and 1870, respectively. ... Designed in 1899, the Porte Dauphine station exhibits Guimards only surviving enclosed edicule of the Paris Métro. ... George Hepplewhite (died June 21, 1786) was a cabinet and chair maker. ... Thomas Hope (c. ... Matthew Hilton (born December 17, 1965) was a Canadian fighter from Montreal, Quebec and one of the three brothers from the Fighting Hilton Family. ... William Ince was an English furniture designer and cabinetmaker of the 18th century. ... Radisson SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen, Denmark, as seen from the west. ... Inigo Jones, by Sir Anthony van Dyck Inigo Jones (July 15, 1573–June 21, 1652) is regarded as the first significant English architect. ... Maria Anna Angelica Kauffmann (October 30, 1741–November 5, 1807) was a Swiss painter. ... William Kent William Kent (born in Bridlington, Yorkshire, c. ... Florence Knoll was a designer. ... Shiro Kuramata (1934 - 1991) is one of Japans most important designers of the 20th century, Kuramata was mainly known for his use of industrial materials such as wire steel mesh and lucite to create architectural interiors and furniture. ...

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