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1	Hidden Treasures: Searching for Masterpieces of American Furniture more books like this by Leigh Keno, Leslie Keno, Joan Barzilay Freund add to wishlist Leigh and Leslie Keno, featured experts on the popular "Antiques Road Show", share their amazing stories about discovering rare treasures of American antique furniture in the least likely places. Illustrated throughout with beautifully detailed color photos, "Hidden Treasures" is part history lesson and part treasure map for finding obscure, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.78! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Sam Maloof, Woodworker more books like this by Sam Maloof add to wishlist Over one hundred photographs document the work and philosophy of the celebrated woodworker who has created furniture displayed in museums, the White House, and famous homes. see all copies from $28.00! new only from $31.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Furniture more books like this by Judith Miller add to wishlist This comprehensive, full-color reference provides a global overview and spans the last 3,000 years of design. It includes more than 3,500 photographs of styles and forms, and profiles influential designers, craftsmen and key movements. see all copies from $22.50! new only from $47.45! \| first editions
4	Furniture Treasury more books like this by Wallace Nutting add to wishlist This book will tell you how to collect antique furniture, how to recognize the various styles, how to appreciate their special qualities, how to judge beauty of line and integrity of structure, how to detect the genuine from the spurious, how to avoid pitfalls that menace unwary buyers, how to repair and restore antiques, how to arrange them ... see all copies from $8.03! signed copies \| first editions
5	Antique Trader Furniture Price Guide more books like this by Kyle Husfloen (Editor) add to wishlist Anyone researching a piece of older furniture they have or are thinking of purchasing will find this book extremely helpful. In addition to good coverage of 'period' furniture of the 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries, more photos and listings are provided covering later 19th century furniture and 20th century furniture popular from the 1920s ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
6	Collecting Modern: A Guide to Mid-Century Furniture and Ceramics more books like this by David Rago, John Sollo add to wishlist The fastest growing segment of the art and collectibles market is Mid-Century Modern furniture and decorative arts. What-ever the reasons for this, modern is back - in all its shockingly bright and basic colours and its sleek go-with-anything lines. Each piece is a statement of art. From furniture artists Eames & Nakashima to ceramicists Scheier, ... see all copies from $3.17! new only from $5.50! \| first editions
7	Oil Lamps the Kerosene Era in North America more books like this by Catherine Thuro add to wishlist Hundreds of detailed photographs and illustrations are showcased in this beautiful guide to kerosene oil lamps. Inspired by the process and the people involved in the manufacturing of these marvelous lighting devices, Catherine Thuro has documented extensive historical information in this wonderful hardbound volume with over 350 pages. Oil Lamps ... see all copies from $14.40! new only from $28.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Period Furniture Details more books like this by Lonnie Bird add to wishlist This book expands on the techniques covered in The Complete Illustrated Guide to Shaping Wood which apply specifically to building period furniture. Most of the material presented here was not covered in that book and includes discussion of joinery distinctive to the style as well as the role of these details in period furniture: Casework ... see all copies from $4.75! new only from $4.75! \| SVS
9	Complete Guide to Furniture Styles more books like this by Louise Ade Boger add to wishlist see all copies from $2.41! new only from $26.00! \| first editions
10	Shaker Legacy more books like this by Christian Becksvoort, John Sheldon (Photographer) add to wishlist This is a photo gallery of 150 Shaker pieces, many seen here for the first time. It gives insights on Shaker design and a detailed historical and design notes on each piece.' see all copies from $4.85! new only from $17.05! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Gentleman and cabinet-maker's director more books like this by Thomas Chippendale add to wishlist Full reprint of 1762 style book with 200 plates plus 24 photos. see all copies from $8.49! new only from $12.35! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	American Furniture more books like this by Luke Beckerdite (Editor) add to wishlist Acknowledged as the journal of record in it's field, "American Furniture" presents new research on furniture design, use, production, and appreciation. Begun in 1993, this award-winning annual provides a comprehensive forum on furniture history, technology, connoisseurship, and conservation by the foremost scholars in the field. It is the only ... see all copies from $22.95! new only from $24.87! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Identifying American Furniture: A Pictorial Guide to Styles and Terms, Colonial to Contemporary more books like this by Milo M Naeve add to wishlist This work surveys four centuries of American domestic furniture styles. It is aimed at curators, collectors, appraisers, connoisseurs of furniture, and students of history, architecture and the arts - as well as those just learning the stylistic trends in furniture. Styles are arranged chronologically from 1607 to the present. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Field Guide to American Antique Furniture more books like this by Joseph T Butler, Ray Skibinski (Photographer) add to wishlist With 1,700 superb drawings, Field Guide to American Antique Furniture breaks new ground in the decorative arts: For the first time, the subtle differences in American furniture styles are clearly illustrated through the use of a unique visual system. In fact, the information is presented so clearly that even the neophyte can identify immediately ... see all copies from $4.58! new only from $13.95! \| first editions
15 view cover	Art Deco Furniture: The French Designers more books like this by Alastair Duncan add to wishlist The Art Deco movement - with its emphasis on up-to-date individuality combined with good taste, fine materials and exquisite workmanship - became all the rage in France. Other countries produced their own versions of the style, but in furniture especially, the French predominated: the world had not seen such creative design for 125 years; on the ... see all copies from $12.73! new only from $19.22! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Old Furniture: Understanding the Craftsman's Art more books like this by Nancy A Smith add to wishlist Profusely illustrated guide to determining authenticity, real age of furniture. Paneling and modeling, veneers, restorations, fakes, much more. Over 250 illustrations. "Informative [and] well-written." -- "Antiques." see all copies from $2.91! new only from $9.15! \| first editions \| SVS
17	Chinese domestic furniture more books like this by Gustav Ecke add to wishlist see all copies from $69.93! first editions
18 view cover	Construction of American Furniture Treasures more books like this by Lester Margon, Henry Hobbs (Designer) add to wishlist 344 detailed drawings, complete text for 38 American masterpieces: Hepplewhite sideboard, Duncan Phyfe drop-leaf table, more. 38 plates, 54 photographs. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
19 view cover	Early American Wood Carving more books like this by Erwin O Christensen add to wishlist Weathervanes, portraits, Indians, ship figureheads, toys, decoys, etc. 17th through 19th century. Styles, uses, technical information, makers. 68 illus. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.00! \| first editions
20 view cover	Irish Country Furniture, 1700-1950 more books like this by Ms. Claudia Kinmonth add to wishlist This study of rustic furniture in Ireland explores a culture that is fast disappearing and tells us a great deal about not only Ireland's furniture but the cultural history of the country as well. see all copies from $39.00! new only from $150.00! \| first editions
21 view cover	Making Antique Furniture Reproductions: Instructions and Measured Drawings for 40 Classic Projects more books like this by Franklin H Gottshall add to wishlist Superb, step-by-step guide enables even beginners to build heirloom pieces by Hepplewhite, Chippendale, Phyfe, other masters. Detailed, precise construction drawings, measurements. Full instructions. Over 500 illustrations. see all copies from $11.94! new only from $12.35! \| SVS
22 view cover	Heywood-Wakefield Modern Furniture more books like this by Steve Rouland, Roger Rouland add to wishlist Tracing the 100-plus years of Heywood Furniture history before the Heywood "Modern" period, this book describes the origins of the highly stylized, characteristic Heywood-Wakefield "look." see all copies from $15.00! new only from $29.95!
23 view cover	American Furniture of the 18th Century: History, Technique, and Structure more books like this by Jeffrey P Greene add to wishlist This guide takes a comprehensive look at the history and construction of 18th-century furniture. It covers details such as ball and claw feet, cabriole legs, veneering and period finishing. Accompanying step-by-step photographs provide clear insights into all the techniques. see all copies from $18.31! new only from $62.13! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Furniture: A Concise History more books like this by Edward Lucie-Smith add to wishlist In this illuminating history, text and illustrations combine to offer a view of furniture not as a succession of collectors' pieces, but as a statement about the society that created it. Edward Lucie-Smith offers insights into almost every period, from the prehistoric to the postmodern--from Neolithic tables to 1960s conversation pits, and from ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.72! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The 1912 and 1915 Gustav Stickley Craftsman Furniture Catalogs more books like this by Gustav Stickley add to wishlist With over 200 detailed illustrations and descriptions, these two catalogs are essential reading and reference materials and identification guides for Stickley furniture. Captions cite materials, dimensions, and prices. see all copies from $4.27! new only from $5.18! \| SVS

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	Oil Lamps, Glass Kerosene Lamps by Catherine M Thuro see all from $18.50! new only from $45.00!
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	Mid-Century Modern: Furniture of the 1950s by Cara Greenberg see all from $15.00! new only from $26.13!
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