Author: G. Owen Wheeler

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Published: 2014-05-01

Total Pages: 772

ISBN-13: 9781473315884

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.