Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 336 pages
- Published by: Houghton Mifflin January 3, 1992
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0395597005
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0395597002
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Book Dimensions:
9.2 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 1.3 pounds
Product Description
This gorgeously illustrated guide to American, British, and continental European furniture allows easy identification and authentication of every type of free-standing furniture from the late Middle Ages to 1940.
Reader Reviews
An excellent guide. This is a very well organized book containing style guides, some recommendations as to recognizing woods, finishes, and lots more. The bulk of the book contains a straight-forward guide to furniture organized according to type, origin, and age. There are plenty of very good illustrations, including a middle section in colour. Definately a book that is handy to bring along when you are antique hunting. The only slight criticism is that it seems to be very English/US based, i.e. would have liked to have seen more material on e.g. Italian and French items (although this is broadly covered in the 'European' section).
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