This book is the first serious survey of the challenging and exciting developments in every category of the applied arts during the years from 1940 to the prese

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World's Fairs, 1851-1939 held at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,

A survey of spectacular breadth, covering the history of decorative arts and design worldwide over the past six hundred years

Ironware, textiles, pottery, glass, furniture, wood, rosemaling, folk art from 12th century to present, much modern design. 406 photographs.