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Oil Lamps the Kerosene Era in North America
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Catherine Thuro
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 ...
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Complete Guide to Furniture Styles
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Simple painted furniture
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Annie Sloan
Shows how to transform wooden surfaces so that they acquire not only colour, but also texture, pattern and substance. This book provides a practical guide to the successful mastery of decorative paint techniques using techniques such as graining, dragging, combing, sponging, marbling and trompe l'oeil. This book shows how to transform even a plain ...
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Junk Style
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Melanie Molesworth
Melanie Molesworth is a freelance stylist who uses second-hand objects for her designs. In this book she shows how to use junk in interior decoration.'
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Plastic Jewelry
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Kelley Lyngerda
Beautiful color photographs of over 950 exciting examples of plastic jewelry accompany an informative text. Here is the story of plastic jewelry from the 1920s to the present, including natural tortoiseshell and horn as well as synthetic celluloid, Bakelite, Lucite, and more in a variety of styles. Original designs of bracelets, pins, necklaces, ...
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Mackintosh furniture
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Roger Billcliffe
In a career of only twenty-five years, Charles Renne Mackintosh designed well over 300 pieces of furniture, the majority in two relatively short periods, 1897-1905 and 1916-1919. This book gives an unprecedented overview of Mackintosh's body of work and illustrates -- with over 400 photographs -- all of his major pieces as well as the interiors ...
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The Upholsterer's Bible
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Percy Blandford
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The Book of Miniatures: Furniture and Accessories
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Helen Ruthberg
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Care & repair of furniture
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Albert Jackson, David Day
Restore old or damaged furniture to excellent condition with this practical illustrated guide.
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American Chairs: Queen Anne and Chippendale,
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John T Kirk
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Art Nouveau and Art Deco Lighting
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Alastair Duncan
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The Dictionary of Interior Design
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Martin M Pegler
Here is a reference for anyone in the interior design field, with over 1,000 clearly defined and concise entries covering all elements of interior design.
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The Shaker Chair
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Charles R Muller
A history and study of Shaker chairs. From oral traditions, provenances and re-examination of original sources it analyzes Shaker chair-making. Offering descriptions of typical chairs, it dates various forms, considers manufacturing processes and analyzes construction details.
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Restoration recipes
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Julia De Bierre, James Bain Smith
This is a source book of new and traditional techniques for restoring, renovating, and decorating furniture. The emphasis is placed on the values and satisfaction of craftsmanship in refurbishing and creating furniture of lasting value.
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Centuries and styles of the American chair, 1640-1970
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Robert Bishop
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The illustrated handbook of furniture restoration
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George Buchanan
This is a fully illustrated guide to furniture repair and restoration. All woodworking techniques likely to be needed are explained in detail and related to different styles of furniture. These techniques range from making varying types of joint, to glueing and fastening, carving, replacing veneer, woodturning and steaming wood to shape. There are ...
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Chandeliers
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Elizabeth Hilliard
The crowning glory in many a room, this graceful light fitting is once again enjoying resurgence. Chandeliers sums up the fatal attraction of the chandelier and will introduce you to the many different styles available from exquisite assemblages of crystal drops to contemporary, minimal design features. It details the history of the chandelier ...
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Living with Books: 118 Designs for Homes and Offices
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Rita Reif
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Feathered Star Quilts
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Classic Carved Furniture: Making a Piecrust Tea Table
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Mr. Tom Heller
One of the most desirable pieces of American furniture, this tilting top table has the high elegance of eighteenth century design. Finely carved throughout, it brings together the skills of furniture maker and carver. Every step, from cutting and turning to carving and finishing, is explained in step-by-step photographs.
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Make a Chair from a Tree: An Introduction to Working Green Wood
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John D Alexander
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Thos. Moser's Windsor Chairmaking
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Thos Moser
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Yard Art and Handmade Places: Extraordinary Expressions of Home
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Jill Nokes, Krista Whitson (Photographer), Pat Jasper
Relatively few people in America build their own homes, but many yearn to make the places they live in more truly their own. "Yard Art and Handmade Places" profiles twenty homemakers who have used their yards and gardens to express their sense of individuality, to maintain connections to family and heritage, or even to create sacred spaces for ...
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The encyclopedia of furniture
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Joseph Aronson
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Making Wooden Clock Cases
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Tim Ashby
This book presents complete measured drawings and detailed plans for 20 clocks for the craftsman to make and features designs ranging from period bracket clocks and a traditional long-case to more contemporary styles. Throughout the text there are instructions and the plans are scaled both in metric and imperial units, with a range of suppliers ...
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