English and American Furniture Contributor(s): Cescinsky, Herbert (Author), Hunter, George Leland (Author) |
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ISBN: 1417933801 ISBN-13: 9781417933808 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $30.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2005 Annotation: 1929. A pictorial handbook of fine furniture made in Great Britain and in the American colonies, some in the sixteenth century but principally in the seventeenth, eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. With more than 400 illustrations. Contents: Gothic and Tudor Oak Furniture; English and American Furniture of Seventeenth Century Type; The Windsor or Turned Chair; Lacquer Work; Development of the English Walnut Chair; English and American Mahogany Chairs; American and English Dado Furniture; Double Chests, Highboys and Cabinets; Side Tables, Sideboards and Commodes; Mahogany Tripod Furniture; Occasional Tables; Wall Furniture of the Eighteenth Century; Hepplewhite Chairs: English and American; Wall and Toilet Mirrors: American and English; and Thomas Sheraton and Duncan Phyfe. |
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BISAC Categories: - Antiques & Collectibles | Furniture |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (1.00 lbs) 308 pages |
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