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Modern Furniture Design / Le Dessin Moderne des Meubles

Modern Furniture Design / Le Dessin Moderne des Meubles

Prague: Orbis, 1930’s.

Watson call number: Bookcage NK2265 .V47 1930 Q

In this color portfolio published by Orbis, Czech architect Karel Vepřek’s furniture combines credenzas, armoires and beds, as all-in-one units. 16 color plates showcase these distinctive interior design ideas; 24 pages of construction drawings provide to-scale versions of Vepřek’s concepts.

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