Ruegg, Arthur; Swiss furniture and interiors in the 20th century; Basel: Birkhauser; 2002; height 30cm; English language 455 pages

An important an increasingly scarce publication on Swiss design including furniture, lighting and product design. Features works by the following - Max Haefeli, Alfred Roth, ,Wilhelm Keinzle, Flora Steiger Crawford and Rudolf Steiger, Alvar Aalto, Marcel Breuer, Wener Max Moser, Alfred Altherr, Sigrfied Giedion, Marcel Breuer, Hans Coray, Willy Guhl, Max Bill, Hans Bellmann, Hans Gugelot, Jacob Muller, Jurg Bally, Robert Haussmann, Kurt Thut, Rosemarie and Rico Baltensweiler, Ueli BergerMario Botta.

Contains a catalogue of objects at the rear which details key products of the above designers followed by monographs of the designers.

The book was published in collaboration with the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Design-Collection, the Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte CSK and the Eidg. Technische Hochschule Zürich, Department of Architecture

Condition: Shelf wear and small tear to the top of the spine on book jacket. Ruffling to jacket edges and bumbped to one corner. Stain to top of spine. Contents very clean.

Book weighs 2.5 kilos hence postage costs

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