Author : Geoffrey W. Beard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1088 pages
File Size : 40,40 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 : Charles Boyce
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 683 pages
File Size : 15,89 MB
Release : 2014-01-02
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1628738405
In a comprehensive listing of entries from "Aalto, Hugo Alvar Henrik" to "Zui Weng Yi," Boyce illuminates readers about furniture styles, construction details, terminology, furniture designers, and design movements throughout history and throughout the world. Styles covered include European-inspired classical, baroque, pop, rococo, and modernist. This extensive guide will be helpful for furniture enthusiasts, historians, and those interested in redecorating their homes.
Author : Antique Collectors' Club
Publisher : Antique Collectors Club Dist
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 39,52 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
Includes biographies of designers and information on design tools.
Author : Christopher Gilbert
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 28,58 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.
Author : Elizabeth White
Publisher : ACC Distribution
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 48,29 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
The Georgian period was one of disciplined designs and the published pattern books regulated the basic
Author : F. Lewis Hinckley
Publisher :
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 41,26 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Antiques
ISBN : 9780517011706
Authentic classification of European and American designs for professionals and connoisseurs.
Author : Adam Bowett
Publisher : Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,37 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Furniture
ISBN : 9780955657672
Bowett charts the species, sources, and history of the woods used in British furniture making from medieval times to the twentieth century. The main dictionary section of the book has 460 entries that cover 477 species of hardwoods and softwoods and detail the history of each wood, describe its uses, and provide cross references to other woods. Extensively illustrated with examples of historic furniture, this book also includes an introductory survey of the historic timber trade and several appendices, including over 160 illustrated wood samples from the Economic Botany collection at Kew Gardens. The layout and accompanying photographs make this a valuable and accessible read that will interest furniture and antique enthusiasts, collectors, restorers, curators, and botanists, among others.
Author : Margery Dean
Publisher :
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 10,53 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Furniture
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 44,55 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
Author : Bernard D. Cotton
Publisher : Antique Collectors Club Dist
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 50,37 MB
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781851490233
This is arguably the most detailed study ever made of any branch of British furniture. It covers in considerable depth, on a region by region basis, the work of hundreds of craftsmen, spread throughout the country, working in the general tradition of the area but superimposed with their own individual design 'signatures'. The author has examined thousands of regional chairs, researched local archives, conducted field studies, collected anecdotal evidence and used computers to relate the evolution of known types and makes. The result is a living account of the development of countless styles of chairs from all over England and the way of life of the craftsmen who produced them.
