Author : Peter Philp
Publisher : Tiger Books
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 29,18 MB
Release : 1998-07-23
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781855016903
How you can identify, date and authenticate antique furniture. Comprehensive survey of the development of styles, guide to recognizing woods. English, European and New World furniture.
Author : Richard A. Lyons
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 27,28 MB
Release : 2000-05-16
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0486409546
If you're one of the many people who like to buy and restore antique furniture, then this is the book for you! Brimming with tips and advice from a skilled craftsman and teacher, this profusely illustrated woodworking guide will enable you to determine the age of an antique, assess its quality, and learn how to restore and preserve it effectively and profitably. Focusing on American furniture made between 1750 and 1850, the author explains how to repair construction joints, replace lost hardware, strengthen fractured parts, cover damaged areas, and much more. In addition, readers will find clear, step-by-step instructions for restoring an early rocker and chest of drawers, repairing a table leg, constructing a drawer using a dovetail joint, replacing the swing rail on a gateleg table, forming a molding, and more. Numerous examples, with over 250 illustrations and photographs, include such restored pieces of furniture as a Shaker tilt-top table, c. 1810; a cherry chest of drawers, c. 1800–20; an American Empire secretary, c. 1825; a primitive chest, c. 1840; and a country cupboard, c. 1850. Hobbyists, collectors, dealers, and woodworkers will find this excellent guide contains not only the clear, practical directions they need, but also indispensable advice on avoiding mistakes commonly made in the restoration process.
Author : Karen Mazurkewich
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 24,12 MB
Release : 2024-05-14
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1462906923
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 available on the Asian market. This antique furniture book presents an overview of carving styles, wood types, regional variations, class distinctions and restoration techniques. It includes detailed chapters on various types of wooden furniture cover chairs, stools and benches, tables and desks, beds, cabinets and bookshelves, doors and screens and household accessories. With this renewed interest in antique furniture, a forgery market has emerged. Thousands of factories in southern China are churning out brand new or refurbished furniture and passing them off as Chinese antiques. Chinese Furniture unearths these forgeries and serves as an indispensable reference guide for collectors of antique wood furniture.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 639 pages
File Size : 18,65 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Furniture
ISBN :
Author : Marvin D. Schwartz
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 44,69 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781579121082
This book shows all types of chairs, tables, sofas, and beds made in America from the seventeenth century to the mid-twentieth century.
Author : William Cook
Publisher : Lorenz Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,2 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Furniture
ISBN : 9781843099239
Repairing and conserving surfaces, chairs, tables and chests with expert guidance to tools and techniques.
Author : Christophe Pourny
Publisher : Artisan
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 30,20 MB
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1579656455
A Wall Street Journal Top 10 Crucial Home & Design Book for Beginners A Library Journal Best Book of the Year An Amazon Best Book of the Month Christophe Pourny learned the art of furniture restoration in his father’s atelier in the South of France. In this, his first book, he teaches readers everything they need to know about the provenance and history of furniture, as well as how to restore, update, and care for their furniture—from antiques to midcentury pieces, family heirlooms or funky flea-market finds. The heart of the book is an overview of Pourny’s favorite techniques—ceruse, vernis anglais,and water gilding, among many others—with full-color step-by-step photographs to ensure that readers can easily replicate each refinishing technique at home. Pourny brings these techniques to life with a chapter devoted to real-world refinishing projects, from a veneered table to an ebonized desk, a gilt frame to a painted northern European hutch. Rounding out this comprehensive guide is care and maintenance information, including how to properly clean leather, polish hardware, fix a broken leg, and replace felt pads, as well as recipes to make your own wax, shellac, varnish, stain, and more.
Author : Judith Miller
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,21 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Antiques
ISBN : 9781405341967
Judith Miller's super-sleuth guide to spotting, buying and collecting antiques, now in paperback If you are looking to discover a valuable treasure or nab a bootsale bargain then antiques and collectables expert Judith Miller shows you how to solve any collecting case. Find out how to tell a genuine antique piece from a fake. Spot signs that indicate an object has been restored. Discover makers and styles to look out for, and whether an object should be kept, or not. Includes expert advice on makers, questions to ask, tips for identifying the best examples in furniture, ceramics, glass, silver, dolls, teddy bears, textiles and more. With hundreds of photographs that reveal every detail of each piece, you'll soon know exactly what to look for. Get more at www.antiques.dk.com with over 30,000 colour photos, descriptions and price guides. "Super-easy to use, may save or make you a bob or two." 5-star rating, Web User Magazine.
Author : Richard Saunders
Publisher : Three Rivers Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 18,44 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
The definitive guide for decorators and collectors. Includes an eight-page color insert on rare and unusual wicker pieces, two chapters on 1920s wicker and buying old wicker, along with advice on preservation. More than 400 black-and-white photographs.
Author : Thomas M. Clark
Publisher :
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 36,32 MB
Release : 2018-04-23
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781387764242
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 and specialist Thomas M. Clark - to the table in a world beating display of descriptive finesse and passion. Objects from chairs to beds to tables to cabinets are described in detail, with their making and prominence properly placed in the context of their time and place of manufacture. The author aims to arouse interest and natural passion by including anecdotes of the time, having researched and sourced poignant quotes and vignettes from the times in which these pieces emerged freshly worked from quality wood. Together with informing the reader about the pieces themselves, most of the items described are accompanied by detailed illustrations.
