Furniture category: 244 books
Texas Furniture, Volume Two
The Cabinetmakers and Their Work, 1840–1880
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
The art of furniture making flourished in Texas during the mid-nineteenth century. To document this rich heritage of locally made furniture, Miss Ima Hogg, the well-known philanthropist and collector of American decorative arts, enlisted Lonn Taylor and David B. Warren to research early Texas furniture...
How to Restore Old Furniture Guide
Turn Old Furniture into New, Give a Fresh Look to Antique and Collectible Items and Start Furniture Restoration Business
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
Furniture 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...
by Collins
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Collins Gem Antique Furniture is a guide to take with you to auctions or car boot sales for it provides a visual guide to identifying the age and style of furniture, combined with advice on caring, buying, and selling antique furniture. This new Gem is produced in flexibinding, providing the durability...
American Furniture
1650 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
Drawing on the latest scholarship, this comprehensive, lavishly illustrated survey tells the story of the evolution of American furniture from the 17th century to the present. Not viewed in isolation, furniture is placed in its broader cultural, historic, and aesthetic context. The focus is not only...
by John Cloag
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Originally published in 1934, this is an exhaustively detailed guide to the history of English furniture, copiously illustrated with black and white photography and many illustrations, and is highly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of anyone with an interest in the subject. Many of these...
by Lawrence Weaver
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Buckinghamshire's reputation for furniture-making goes back to the seventeenth century - for Daniel Defoe mentions chair making in the Chilterns, and High Wycombe has been the acknowledged centre for more than a century and a quarter. This antique book contains a detailed treatise on 'High Wycombe...
by Peter Philp
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
The eighteenth century is rightly spoken of as the 'Golden Age of furniture-making', with some of the world's most impressive and exquisite furniture having been produced during this time. This lovely little book contains a detailed treatise on the eighteenth century furniture styles from Baroque...
Chinese Furniture
A Guide to Collecting Antiques
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
The international market for antique Chinese furniture is booming, and masterpieces from the Ming and Qing dynasties are now worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Chinese Furniture is a survey of these collectibles—from the very best hardwood pieces featured to standard softwood specimens still...
History of Furniture (Illustrated)
From the Earliest to the Present Time
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
In the following pages the Author has placed before the reader an account of the changes in the design of Decorative Furniture and Woodwork, from the earliest period of which we have any reliable or certain record until the present time.
A careful selection of illustrations has been made from...
A Masterclass in Antique Furniture
How to find and identify American, English, Dutch and French antique furniture, clocks and musical instruments
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
This superb guide informs the reader on how to identify and discover the most gorgeous furniture ever to grace Europe and North America.
With intense descriptions steeped in history and experience, this book brings the time tested expertise of its author - New England based antique dealer...
Restoring and Refinishing Furniture
An Illustrated Guide to Revitalizing Your Home
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Easy and beautiful do-it-yourself projects to restore, recycle, and transform your furniture.
Are you tired of seeing the same furniture in your home? Does your furniture look old and outdated? If you long for change and want to give your home a makeover, then this book is right for you. Restoring...
Texas Furniture, Volume One
The Cabinetmakers and Their Work, 1840-1880, Revised edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The art of furniture making flourished in Texas during the mid-nineteenth century. To document this rich heritage of locally made furniture, Miss Ima Hogg, the well-known philanthropist and collector of American decorative arts, enlisted Lonn Taylor and David B. Warren to research early Texas Furniture...
by Frederick Litchfield
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
Frederick Litchfield created an enduring classic study of functional art with his Illustrated History of Furniture. This reprinting is presented out of a deep appreciation for the excellent scholarship and many illuminating insights that he so generously shared.
The first chapter, which...
by Gustav Stickley, L. & J. G. Stickley
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Directly influenced by William Morris' Arts and Crafts Movement in England, the Stickley family created what is now known and prized as Craftsman style furniture. This chastely beautiful and functional furniture was without superfluous or pretentious ornamentation, and it did not try to imitate any...