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Author: Collector Books Staff
Publisher:
Published: 1999-09
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9781574321326
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver 150 photos of furniture and nearly 100 line drawings of shapes, finials, legs, and decorations. Begins with Egyptian and Greek age and runs through the Early American era. For beginners as well as antiques experts.
Author: Carol Prisant
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780761116240
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTells how to investigate the history of furniture, silver, jewelry, clocks, toys, and books, and how to select an appraiser
Author: Annie Sloan
Publisher:
Published: 2001-03-22
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781855858817
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe extensive style directory contains over 60 specially designed decorated pieces of furniture, creating a library of decorative techniques and how to use them.'
Author: Carol Prisant
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780761116240
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTells how to investigate the history of furniture, silver, jewelry, clocks, toys, and books, and how to select an appraiser.
Author: Sherry Petersik
Publisher: Artisan
Published: 2015-07-14
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 1579656765
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.
Author: George Hepplewhite
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2013-05-09
Total Pages: 182
ISBN-13: 0486142671
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMagnificent reproduction of 1788 folio of Hepplewhite furnishings. Classic, highly valued work depicts chairs, stools, sofas, sideboards, beds, pedestals, desks, bookcases, tables, chests of drawers, wardrobes, fire screens, and many other items. 128 plates.
Author: Eames Demetrios
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Published: 2013-09-10
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 0847839443
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn in-depth look at Charles and Ray Eames's prolific legacy—one that has placed them among the most important American designers of the twentieth century and at the forefront of modernism. Charles and Ray Eames's expansive and monumental career in furniture design ran from 1941 to 1978. This comprehensive and illustrated text serves as a guidebook to their most important pieces and themes. As beloved figures in design, art, and architecture who emerged from the optimism of the 1950s, the couple’s egalitarian and humanistic furniture designs made them household names. Most famous for their chairs, they also created seminal works of architecture and film. Written by their grandson, Eames Demetrios, An Eames Primer is an easy-to-read and informational book to the world's most famous and influential furniture designers.
Author: James C. Watkins
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781579909529
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDemonstrating four different clay-firing techniques, this book illustrates the diverse results that each can produce.
Author: Angela Pierce
Publisher: Speedy Publishing LLC
Published: 2015-08-25
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13: 1682121658
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFurniture gives the room the warmth and feeling of its kind. Ever entered a room without furniture in it? Well, even if the room is made from the best materials around the world; it will look like something is amiss. That is the gap filled by furniture being when installed. It makes the room full of life and glamour. However, it is not all about the furniture but the look of the furniture. How well furnished is the furniture in your room? How regularly do you do clean ups and, of course, the age of the furniture. The age of the furniture contributes a lot to the loss of value and diminished appearance. Many choose to throw away such to provide space for others which is a bad idea given that the era we are living is sustainable enough to repair or refurbish to give it a new look and improved shape. Regardless of whether you want to update or bring back the old furniture to life, think about refurbishing and repair.
Author: Leigh Keno
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2008-11-16
Total Pages: 341
ISBN-13: 0446549363
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn a country of junk-filled attics, yard sales, and flea markets frequented by millions of Antiques Roadshow viewers hoping to uncover a grungy chest of drawers worth millions, the Keno twins have become the Siskel and Ebert of antiques. Dapper, witty, and in their early forties (with nearly 60 years of combined experience between them), they symbolize the union of amateur enthusiasm and acute professionalism that has made their television program a cultural phenomenon. Now, in this fascinating collection of tales of their personal adventures hunting -- and discovering -- priceless "junk" (including some notable Roadshow success stories), readers will learn how to see the extraordinary in the mundane. "Hidden Treasures" is part history lesson and part treasure map for finding valuable antiques where they would be least expected.
