[PDF] The Standard Book Of American Antique Furniture eBook

Author : Joseph T. Butler
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 32,25 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Antiques
ISBN : 9780805001242

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Over 1700 of Skibinski's line drawings present a visual approach to the identification of antique furnishings. The book is arranged in chronological sequences (17th century through the early 20th century) by type of furniture, from tables and settees to desks and bookcases. Butler and Johnson have included some important information for the novice and the experienced collector: the sources of furniture used as models for the illustrations; lists of museums, art galleries, and special displays of outstanding collections of furniture; a selected bibliography and a glossary; the anatomy of a piece of furniture; and a brief history of the periods of furniture and furniture makers. Highly recommended for public libraries and other subject collections.

Author : Edgar G. Miller Jr.
Publisher :
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 19,10 MB
Release : 2013-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781258956127

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This is a new release of the original 1950 edition.

Author : Edgar G. Miller Jr.
Publisher :
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 31,89 MB
Release : 2013-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781258956134

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This is a new release of the original 1950 edition.

Author : Edgar George Miller
Publisher :
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 24,30 MB
Release : 1966
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :

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There is valuable information here for any collector, fundamental knowledge for correct analysis of American furniture, derived (sometimes brought) from Europe, particularly England, and developed in the hands of American designers. The material is broken down into pieces (chairs, beds, bureaus, desks, etc.) and within those classifications, into periods and types, sources and makers.

Author : Patricia Petraglia
Publisher : Friedman/Fairfax Pub
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 31,68 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781567991475

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A lavishly illustrated two-hundred-year chronicle of furniture making in the United States.

Author : Jonathan L. Fairbanks
Publisher : Putnam Publishing Group
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 31,62 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :

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Meant for both connoisseur and amateur, this is the definitive book in its field. During ten years of research, the authors examined furniture from coast to coast, in museums and private collections. American Furniture has a running text along with its identification captions, which places furniture in its social and historical context. In its 100 color pictures and 1300 black-and-white photos, the book frequently presents furniture in the rooms they were made for. There is extensive coverage of the masterpieces from the seventeenth century to the present, many of them newly photographed for this book, but coverage is by no means restricted to these pieces. This is the first book to encompass furniture "away from the mainstream"--Pieces made away from the furniture centers of New York, New England, and Pennsylvania. Thus, there is discussion of the furniture of the Southwest; furniture made in Dutch, Spanish, French, and Norwegian settlements; and furniture made in religious enclaves or as part of social or aesthetic reform movements. Also, line drawings reveal how antique furniture was made--and therefore how to tell a genuine antique from a forgery.--From publisher description.

Author : John Obbard
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,15 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Furniture
ISBN : 9781574324891

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This book is a comprehensive guide to regional differences in early American furniture. It will assist the collector, dealer, and auctioneer in determining where and when antique furniture was made. The book is unique in that it covers all the major furniture producing regions from the time of the first settlements until American furniture begins to lose its regional character in the first decades of the nineteenth century. The almost 700 illustrations focus on furniture most likely to be seen in the home and marketplace. In addition to many hundreds of illustrations of New England, Middle Atlantic, and Southern pieces, there is a chapter on the regional use of cabinet woods, essays on the furniture of the different regions, and detailed illustrations of regional carving, turning, and construction practices. There is no other book half as useful in determining the who, when, and where of early American furniture. 2006 values.