  
By Sharon Darling
1984, Soft Cover, 406 pages, Black and White photographs throughout
This book deals with the chief economic, social, and stylistic factors that influenced the design and production of furniture in Chicago. It considers not only business conditions and technological developments but changes in taste and consumer habits. It examines, as well, the cultural context in which furniture serves both as functional product and as a symbol of social, economic, and, at times, moral status.
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