Author : Geoffrey W. Beard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1088 pages
File Size : 32,63 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
A reference work on furniture makers active in England between 1660 and 1840. It lists makers in alphabetical order, recording biographical details, commissions, and information about signed or documented pieces, together with full supporting references.
Author : Furniture History Society (London, England)
Publisher :
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 12,62 MB
Release : 1981
Category :
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Author : Ralph Edwards
Publisher :
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 14,92 MB
Release : 1964
Category : Furniture
ISBN :
This book covers the evolution of English domestic furniture from the Middle Ages to the end of the Georgian period. It provides information on pieces of furniture, technical processes, furniture designers and cabinetmakers as well as giving an insight into the history of English domestic furniture and its place in changing social habits.
Author : Angela Evans
Publisher :
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 40,68 MB
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Cabinetmakers
ISBN : 9780903335072
Author : John Gloag
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 21,67 MB
Release : 2013-04-18
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 1447497724
A must have companion for any fan of antiques or furniture design. Including chapters on descriptions and design of furniture, furniture designers from Britain and America with notes on the different periods of furniture design. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Author : Percy Macquoid
Publisher : ACC Distribution
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 37,19 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
The Dictionary of English Furniture by Ralph Edwards (1954 Revised Edition) is the most authoritative general work on English antique furniture ever published. The first edition of this work was published 1924-27. It was instantly recognised as the primar
Author : Geoffrey Beard
Publisher :
Page : 1064 pages
File Size : 10,77 MB
Release : 1986
Category :
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Author : John Gloag
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 1123 pages
File Size : 31,40 MB
Release : 2022-10-24
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 100077614X
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.
Author : Douglas Ash
Publisher :
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 11,18 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Design
ISBN :
Author : Christopher Gilbert
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 37,94 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
A record of marked items made by London furniture makers between 1700 and 1840. The survey contains illustrations supported by background notes on the makers, together with an introduction which examines the reasons why certain firms employed labels, name straps, or engraved brass tablets.
