The most influential furniture designers of the twentieth century are showcased in this tribute to their ingenuity in transforming functional chairs into objects of sculptural beauty. Although the forty chairs shown have museum status as classics, many have remained in continuous production since their initial introduction, making them available for home and office use, and all are photographed in stylish contemporary interior settings. As a shopping and reference source, the book provides a lengthy list of furniture manufacturers and retailers dealing in the best of twentieth-century seating pieces.