Old English Furniture - From the 16th to the 19th Centuries. a Guide for the Collector

Old English Furniture - From the 16th to the 19th Centuries. a Guide for the Collector

Author: G. Owen Wheeler

Publisher:

Published: 2014-05-01

Total Pages: 772

ISBN-13: 9781473315884

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This book contains a fantastic guide to old English Furniture. Contents include: On Buying Old Furniure: Some Methods of the "Faker," The Evolution of the Cabinet-Makers Art, Jacobean Cromwellian, Charles II., and William and Mary Furniture, Lacquered Furniture, Queen Anne, Grinling Gibbons, Georgian, Chippendale, and The Brothers Adam. This book will be a fine addition to the bookshelf of anyone interested in antique furniture and those who buy and sell old furniture. Originally published in 1909, we are here republishing it with a brand new introductory essay on the history of furniture.


A Short Dictionary of Furniture

A Short Dictionary of Furniture

Author: John Gloag

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-10-24

Total Pages: 1123

ISBN-13: 100077614X

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Originally published in 1952 but enlarged and revised in 1969, this dictionary became a standard authoritative work of reference. It contains 2,612 entries and over 1,000 illustrations, reproduced from contemporary sources and from drawings by Ronald Escott, Marcelle Barton and Maureen Stafford. The work is divided into 6 sections: the first and second concern the description and design of furniture, the third contains the entries, the fourth gives a list of furniture makers in Britain and North America, section five records books and periodicals on furniture and design and the concluding section sets out in tabular form the periods with the materials used, and types of craftsmen employed from 1100 to 1950.