Fine Points of Furniture
Author: Albert Sack
Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRev. ed. of: The new fine points of furniture.1993.
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Federal Furniture
Author: Michael Dunbar
Publisher: Peter Smith Pub Incorporated
Published: 1991-01-01
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780844664453
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSouthern Furniture 1680-1830
Author: Ronald Hurst
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 1997-09-01
Total Pages: 639
ISBN-13: 9780810941755
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides a history of the South's cabinetmaking traditions
American Windsor Furniture
Author: Nancy Goyne Evans
Publisher: Hudson Hills
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9781555950644
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe indispensable companion volume to Hudson Hills Press' phenomenal American Windsor Chairs.
Carving 18th Century American Furniture Elements
Author: Tony Kubalak
Publisher: Linden Publishing
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781933502328
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresenting 10 projects -- from shaping the surface through layout to rough carving and detailed carving -- this guide explains the process of carving authentic motifs found on the most treasured pieces of 18th-century American furniture. Written with a two-pronged approach, the book first emphasises that these are learned skills and offers guidance while, secondly, providing all the complex details that serious carvers need to reproduce each element with confidence. Selected for their importance and popularity on museum-quality pieces, projects include the cabriole leg, Philadelphia-style ball and claw foot, carved foliage on knee, Philadelphia rosette, and Newport flame finial, among others.
The Antique Hunter's Guide to American Furniture
Author: Marvin D. Schwartz
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 478
ISBN-13: 9781579121082
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book shows all types of chairs, tables, sofas, and beds made in America from the seventeenth century to the mid-twentieth century.
Modern Furniture Designs, 1950-1980s
Author: Klaus-Jürgen Sembach
Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors w
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK500 photos and text of the most outstanding modern furniture from around the world, including simple chairs to complex masterpieces and installations representing the work of the foremost designers of the 20th century. Including materials from wood to plastic, and steel to Lucite. Price Guide included.
Encyclopedia of Shaker Furniture
Author: Timothy D. Rieman
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 584
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book documents Shaker furniture from communities in New England, Ohio, and Kentucky throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Free-standing tables, chairs, desks, boxes, and case clocks and built-in cupboards and cases of drawers are included. The text provides a detailed account of Shaker history, culture, and religion. Further, it examines Shaker design and tools, reporting new research on the Shaker color palette.
The New Fine Points of Furniture
Author: Albert Sack
Publisher: Crown
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn indispensable guide for collectors and dealers who want to compare and evaluate early American antiques. When Albert Sack's Fine Points of Furniture: Early American--Good, Better, Best was published in 1950, it established a new standard for evaluating American antiques. In his new book, Sack applies this standard to furniture pieces that have appeared on the market in more recent years. Full color and black-and-white photographs.
The Furniture Bible
Author: Christophe Pourny
Publisher: Artisan
Published: 2014-11-04
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1579656455
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Wall Street Journal Top 10 Crucial Home & Design Book for Beginners A Library Journal Best Book of the Year An Amazon Best Book of the Month Christophe Pourny learned the art of furniture restoration in his father’s atelier in the South of France. In this, his first book, he teaches readers everything they need to know about the provenance and history of furniture, as well as how to restore, update, and care for their furniture—from antiques to midcentury pieces, family heirlooms or funky flea-market finds. The heart of the book is an overview of Pourny’s favorite techniques—ceruse, vernis anglais,and water gilding, among many others—with full-color step-by-step photographs to ensure that readers can easily replicate each refinishing technique at home. Pourny brings these techniques to life with a chapter devoted to real-world refinishing projects, from a veneered table to an ebonized desk, a gilt frame to a painted northern European hutch. Rounding out this comprehensive guide is care and maintenance information, including how to properly clean leather, polish hardware, fix a broken leg, and replace felt pads, as well as recipes to make your own wax, shellac, varnish, stain, and more.
