Joseph Paxton Crystal Palace interior Great Exposition London

Joseph Paxton. Crystal Palace, interior, Great Exposition, London. 1851. Lithograph. ©Historical Picture Archive/CORBIS. [Fig. 16 -2]

Philip Webb. The Red House, Bexley Heath, UK. 1859. Photo: Charlotte Wood. [Fig. 16 -3]

Morris and Company. Sussex Rush-Seated Chairs. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England. ca. 1910. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England. Exhibition catalogue Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge University Press, 1980, pl. 49. [Fig. 16 -4]

William Morris. The Morris Adjustable Chair, designed by Philip Webb, made by Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. Ebonized wood, covered with Bord Design upholstery. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain. [Fig. 16 -5]

Gustav Stickley. Settee (for the Craftsman Workshops). 1909. Oak and leather. back: 38 × 71 -7/16 × 22 in. ; seat: 19 × 62 in. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Evans, Jr. 1971. 748. The Art Institute of Chicago. Photography © The Art Institute of Chicago. [Fig. 16 -7]

Frank Lloyd Wright. table lamp, Susan Lawrence Dana House. 1903. Bronze, leaded glass. © 2012 Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Scottsdale, AZ / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Photo: Douglas Carr. Courtesy The Dana-Thomas House, The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. [Fig. 168]

Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Studios. water-lily table lamp. c. 1904– 15. Leaded Favrile glass and bronze. height 26 -1/2 in. Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Hugh J. Grant, 1974 (1974. 214. 15 ab). [Fig. 16 -9]

Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Co. (1893– 1902), Corona, New York. peacock vase. c. 1893– 96. Favrile glass. height 41 -1/8 in. , width 11 -1/2 in. Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, U. S. A. , Gift of H. O. Havemeyer, 1896 (96. 17. 10). [Fig. 16 -10]

Gerrit Rietveld. Schröder house, first floor, 1987, view of the stairwell/landing and the living-dining area. In the foreground is the Red and Blue Chair. Rietveld Schröderhlis, 1924, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 1924. © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/Pictoright, Amsterdam. c/o Stichting Beeldrecht, Anstelveen. Centraal Museum Utrecht/Rietveld-Schröder Archive. Photo: Ernst Moritz, The Hague. [Fig. 16 -17]

Cassandre. poster for Dubonnet (1 of 3). 1932. © MOURON. CASSANDRE. Lic 2012 -04 -04 www. canssandre. fr. [Fig. 16 -20 a]

Cassandre. poster for Dubonnet (2 of 3). 1932. © MOURON. CASSANDRE. Lic 2012 -04 -04 www. canssandre. fr. [Fig. 16 -20 b]

Cassandre. poster for Dubonnet (3 of 3). 1932. © MOURON. CASSANDRE. Lic 2012 -04 -04 www. canssandre. fr. [Fig. 16 -20 c]

Marcel Breuer. armchair, model B 3. late 1927 or early 1928. Chrome-plated tubular steel with canvas slings. height 28 -1/8 in. , width 30 -1/4 in. , depth 27 -3/4 in. Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY. Gift of Herbert Bayer. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, U. S. A. [Fig. 16 -21]

Burlington Northern Co. , Burlington Zephyr #9900. 1934. © Bettmann/CORBIS. [Fig. 16 -23]

Chrysler Airflow 4 -door sedan. 1934. Steel body, broadcloth seats. Courtesy of Chrysler Group LLC. [Fig. 16 -24]

Russel Wright. American Modern dinnerware. designed 1937, introduced 1939. Glazed earthenware. Department of Special Collections, Russel Wright papers. Syracuse University Library, Syracuse, New York. [Fig. 16 -26]

Lurelle Guild. Electrolux vacuum cleaner. ca. 1937. Chrome, polished and enameled steel; cast aluminum; vinyl; rubber. 8 -1/2 × 23 × 7 -3/4 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Fifty/50, 86. 15 a-f. Creative Commons-BY-NC. [Fig. 16 -27]

General Motors 1959 Cadillac Fleetwood. 1959. General Motors LLC. Used with permission, GM Media Archives. [Fig. 16 -31]

Jean Robert and Käti Durrer. Swatches. 1983– 88. Courtesy Swatch AG, Biel, Switzerland. [Fig. 16 -33]

Chris Ede. illustration for Clear Channel Online Music & Radio (Josh Klenert, Creative Director). 2008. Courtesy of Chris Ede. [Fig. 16 -39]