Greene & Greene Furniture

One hundred years ago Charles and Henry Greene developed a new and distinctive architectural and decorative style that blended Arts and Crafts and Asian influences with California sensibility and obsessive attention to detail. That innovative style is instantly recognizable today. "David Mathias, author of this richly personal appreciation of the Greenesand#8230;comes to Greene and Greene from the perspective of an amateur woodworker with a fine aesthetic sense. Through his writing we are able to appreciate the Greenes'' houses and furnishings almost as if we were hearing from one of their builders. Through stunning and perceptive new photography, the illustrated spaces and furnishings illuminate the genius of the Greenes'' designs, material selection and craft, which has caused so many to celebrate and be seduced by their workand#8230;Being a woodworker, Mathias also pays due homage to John and Peter Hall, the Swedish brothers who worked closely with the