Authors:William Ince, John Mayhew,
Publisher: Dover Publications
Keywords: furniture, household, dover, system, books, universal, georgian, designs, authentic
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 1998-08-13
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0486402959
ISBN-13: 9780486402956
Excellent reprint of 18th-century cabinet-makers’ pattern book, which surpasses all collections of furniture designs in the English rococo style for variety, scope and general superiority. Over 300 finely engraved designs for parlor chairs, claw tables, sideboards, desks, ladies’ secretaries, bookcases, writing tables, candlestands, couches , an alcove outfitted with cushions replicating a Turkish sofa, draperies and girandoles; and more. A magnificent sourcebook for antique collectors, craftworkers, artists, and cultural historians.
Author: Gustav Ecke
Publisher: Dover Publications
Keywords: furniture, dover, books, drawings, photographs, domestic, chinese, measured
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1986-10-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0486251713
ISBN-13: 9780486251714
Reprint of rare volume offers detailed review of hardwood furniture from early Shang to late Ming. For collector, craftsman. 161 illustrations.
Author: Julius F. Gayler
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Keywords: furniture, historical, modern, examples, illustrations, numerous, yesterday, principal, periods
Number of Pages: 108
Published: 2004-08-19
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1417941774
ISBN-13: 9781417941773
1926. With a Special Note on Finishes. Contents: A Brief History of Furniture with Its Principal Periods; Eighteenth Century English Furniture Makers; American Furniture; The Construction of Furniture; and Furniture Finishes.
Author: John G. Shea
Publisher: Dover Publications
Keywords: making, furniture, museum, classics, drawings, measured, authentic, shaker
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1992-05-05
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0486270033
ISBN-13: 9780486270036
Thoroughly analyzes, explains and illustrates the criteria and techniques used by the Shakers to design, construct and finish the furniture and crafts for which they have long been admired—in authoritative text, over 250 photographs and measured drawings for over 80 classic designs, ranging from a sugar scoop to a peg-leg footstool to a Harvard trestle table. 262 halftones. 140 black-and-white line illustrations. Index.
Author: Michael Baraitser
Publisher: Struik Publishers
Keywords: cape, furniture, guide, pictorial, comprehensive, antique
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2004-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1868729397
ISBN-13: 9781868729395
Author: Joseph T. Butler
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Keywords: furniture, american, antique, style, virtually, piece, identifying, unique, guide, field, visual, system
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 1986-11-15
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0805001247
ISBN-13: 9780805001242
With more than seventeen hundred superb drawings, this authoritative book offers a unique visual system for identifying the style of virtually any piece of American antique furniture.
Author: Jim Postell
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: design, furniture
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2007-08-03
List price: $70.00
ISBN-10: 0471727962
ISBN-13: 9780471727965
From history to theory to technology: a comprehensive survey of furniture design. Designing furniture is both an art and a science that draws upon a broad range of knowledge and disciplines. It is helpful for today’s furniture designers to have a working knowledge of furniture history, technology, aesthetics, the human body, architectural production, interior design, industrial design, and art. Furniture Design is a comprehensive survey that guides the reader through the essential facets of design and more. The book explores: Fundamental ideas of function and social u
