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by Witold Rybczynski


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  • Title Now I Sit Me Down: From Klismos to Plastic Chair: A Natural History
  • Author Witold Rybczynski
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, New York
  • Date 2016-08
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780374223212 / 0374223211
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.7 x 1 in (21.08 x 14.48 x 2.54 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Chairs - History, ARCHITECTURE / History / General
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015041604
  • Dewey Decimal Code 749.320

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Witold Rybczynski is a writer and an emeritus professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of How Architecture Works and Mysteries of the Mall and has written about architecture and design for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and Slate. Among his award-winning books are Home, The Most Beautiful House in the World, and A Clearing in the Distance, which won the J. Anthony Lukas Prize. He is the winner of the 2007 Vincent Scully Prize and the 2014 Design Mind Award from the National Design Awards. He lives with his wife in Philadelphi
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