Peter Lepel, Oliver Spies Uber Mobel - Furniture. Ein Streifzug durch das Archiv der Embru-Werke, 1928-1943. A journey through the Embru-Werke archives, 1928-1943; Embru-Werke; 2007; 16x23.5cm; German, English language; 272 pages.  Comprehensive compendium on tubular steel furniture produced by Embru the most important Swiss furniture company in the area of ​​modernist furniture production. Furniture by designers such as Alvar Aalto, Altherr, Hans Bellmann, Marcel Breuer, Siegfried Giedion, Max Ernst Haefeli, Gustav Hasenpflug, Charles  Hoch, Wilhelm Kienzle, Werner max Moser, Alfred Roth, Flora Steiger-Crawford produced from both tubular steel and aluminium. Particularly invaluable catalogue for dealers, auction houses and collectors as it details the different production versions and dates of the versions of Aalto, Breuer and Moser designs amongst others. Whilst the Breuer link to Isokon is pretty obvious and P.E. Gane of Bristol retailed Breuer's Embru chairs there is also the shelving of Kienzle which was produced in Birmingham buy Isokon under licence from Embru. This catalogue was produced by Embru on the re-edition of  some of the designs presumably to give weight to their historical importance.  Second revised edition. Condition: cloth cover rubbed through along the right hand edge else fine.
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