The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Interior DesignA&C Black, 2014 M01 2 - 344 pages With over 700 illustrations visually aligned with concise definitions of alphabetized entries, Dictionary of Interior Design, 3rd Edition, consolidates historic and modern terminology that all interior designers should know for both the residential and commercial sides of industry. New and revised definitions focus on key areas including technology, business practices, green design, universal design, and the global marketplace as well as historic furniture, stylistic features and periods. Appendices include an expanded appendix of designers and architects listing more women and international figures from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, an updated appendix of professional organizations and associations, tables, and a new appendix of graphic standards. Fully updated by a practicing interior designer and architect with extensive industry knowledge, this expansive dictionary is an essential reference for students and design professionals. |
Contents
Aalto stool to azulejos | 1 |
Babylonia to Byzantine | 15 |
cabbage rose to cypress chest | 35 |
Dacron to Dynel 71 | 63 |
eagle to eye | 71 |
Fabrilite to Futurism | 77 |
gabardine to gypsum board | 87 |
H hinge to hypostyle hall | 95 |
oak to oysterwood | 135 |
pad foot to pyroxylin | 139 |
qibla to quysshen | 155 |
rabbet to ryokan | 157 |
saber legs to synthetic resins | 165 |
tabaret to tympanum | 185 |
UBC to Utrecht velvet | 197 |
Vmatch to Vycron | 199 |
I beam to ivy | 103 |
jabot to jute | 107 |
kakemono to kylix | 109 |
label to lyreback chair | 113 |
Macassar to myrtle burl | 121 |
nacre to nylon | 131 |
WachstuchTapete to Wyzenbeek test | 205 |
Xframe chair to zoophorus | 211 |
Appendices | 217 |
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18th century American arch architecture Art Deco Art Nouveau base Bauhaus brick cabinet cabinetmaker cabriole leg called carpet carved ceiling chair back chest CHINOISERIE Chippendale classic color column cotton created cupboard curved decorative Designers and Architects desk drapery drawers ébéniste England fabric fibers finish floor foot frame French front furniture designer gateleg table glass Gothic grain graphic and space Greek Hepplewhite Herman Miller horizontal inches inlay interior design Italian late 17th legs light Louis XV Louis XVI period mahogany marquetry material metal mirror molding motif ofthe Originally ornament painted panels pattern popular produced projects Queen Anne Renaissance resembles Rococo Roman scroll seat shaped side silk similar sofa sometimes space standards stone stretchers strip style surface synthetic fibers technique textile texture tiles trademark name ture unit upholstered upholstery usually veneer vertical wall wallpaper walnut window Windsor chair wood woven yarns