Featuring colour photographs, this book clarifies the nature and variety of chairs and seating in Britain from 1500 to 1700. It contains illustrations that are accompanied by the dimensions of the pieces, and attention is drawn to restorations or missing parts or replacements, as well as to rare, fine or particularly interesting features.
Explaining and illustrating financial importance of patination and colour, this fifth edition is a reference book for the practicing collector and dealer, a work from which the memory may be refreshed and points checked. It consists of over 1, 600 photographs of furniture found in shops and auction rooms.
France dominated the European furniture scene as her extraordinary cultural influences were much encouraged, if not created, by the aspirations of the two Napoleons who wished to recreate that country's earlier grandeur. This work discusses the period 1830-1910 in European Furniture.
This wide-ranging survey offers a history of Western furniture which covers a dazzling array of styles, historical periods and countries. It looks at most of the main techniques and materials of furniture-making including carving and glass furniture.
Offers a narrative history describing the Company's growth and evolution, a description of the design process, and a furniture authentication section, that details labelling and branding practices coupled with other identifying characteristics. This book is suitable collectors, fine furniture dealers, designers, and woodworkers.
The story of English furniture begins in the sixteenth century, when crude medieval tables and stools gave way to more sophisticated, jointed designs. This book reveals that the Tudor furniture is the earliest to survive. It concludes with a masterclass in detecting the alterations and fakery that can affect the value of a piece of furniture.
Describes the technical and stylistic development of English furniture in the early Georgian era. This book discusses both stylistic influences and the technical advances in furniture making, and offers a chronology drawn from dated examples. It is suitable for both furniture scholars and specialists and for antiques enthusiasts in general.
The Windsor Chair, whether simple or complicated in construction, plain or ornate in appearance, has always served its purpose - to be utilitarian, durable, comfortable and even handsome. This highly-illustrated book serves as a celebration of the chair, charting its history.
Beautifully illustrated with hundreds of beautiful pieces, mostly from the 17th - 19th centuries, this comprehensive book is helpful to the growing number of collectors of antique Tibetan furniture. It's however far more than a simple catalogue; it helps readers identify the main types of Tibetan furniture, and to appreciate their origin and uses.
The earliest known dolls' house was made in Bavaria in the mid-sixteenth century. Like most of those built in the following 250 years, it was designed not to be played with, but to be a perfect representation in miniature of a princely house, and to reflect the wealth of the owner. This book outlines the history of these little buildings.
Provides an overview of restoration and explains how to tell when a piece is valuable enough to use a professional restorer. This book also guides the reader through furniture restoration and repairs of every kind. It includes over 600 full-colour photographs and dozens of before-and-after shots.
A guide to restoration techniques for antique furniture. It provides instructions for everyday restoration techniques, including fixing loose joints, repairing broken chair legs and reviving surfaces. It offers information on specialist skills, such as turning, upholstery, gilding, marquetry and parquetry.
A celebration of the inspiring designs, leading designers, and amazing advances in furniture manufacturing. This work leads the reader through the evolution of design styles, materials and production techniques along a chronological route within each design movement.
In the early 20th century, the Art Deco movement created new standards in furniture design, architecture, and the decorative arts. This detailed study serves as both an essential reference book for collectors and a marvelous chronicle of one of the most exciting design movements in recent history. 376 illus. 80 in color.
The National Trust owns and cares for important collection of antiques in Britain. This book features the collection and is suitable for those with little knowledge of art history and antiques as well as those more versed in the subjects. It features the work of various painters, designers and craftsmen and gives a visual context for the artworks.
Based on contemporary documents and modern scholarship, this highly illustrated comprehensive review provides a closely-reasoned analysis of changing furniture styles from 1660 to 1714, together with much technical information on materials and processes.
This dictionary is made up from 49 contemporary design and pattern books issued by manufacturers such as Heal's, Tatham, King, Pugin, Morris and Liberty's. Each piece of furniture has been sorted according to physical characteristics, and then arranged chronologically within these sections.