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This new paperback expands on the techniques covered in "Shaping Wood" and covers joinery relating to 18th century furniture styles, as well as the ... More

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The authors, well-known BBC-TV furniture making and restoration experts, explain every step of furniture repair in detail. They show the best way to ... More

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This volume includes articles that explore the relationship between japanned decoration and seafaring narratives; assess the careers and work of ... More

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" A well organised survey of a facinating subject." David Pearce, RIBA Journal

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Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) found inspiration in the gardens of Laurelton Hall, his vast country estate on Long Island's North Shore. There, ... More

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The cool designs, sleek lines and fashion-forward forms of the open and optimistic feel of the modernism furniture and design is as reflective of ... More

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"The Shaker Legacy" is an intriguing visual tour of 150 classic Shaker pieces, many of which have never been previously photographed. In addition, ... More

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This reprint of a rare volume from 1944 is the definitive work on Chinese hardwood furniture. Over 160 plates offer detailed views of tables, chairs, ... More

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Do you own an old lamp? Would you like to learn its approximate age, value, and history? Antique Lamp Buyers Guide is the reference book used by ... More

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Over 250 photographs and measured drawings for over 80 classic Shaker designs: cradle, dry sink, trestle table, lap desk, rocking chair, many more. ... More

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A cheap edition of an illustrated collectors' handbook, last published in 1993, which provides coverage of the history of writing desks over four ... More

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This fascinating early work is a catalogue of furniture and decoration with hundreds of photographs detailing historical styles. Thoroughly ... More

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Carefully detailed, time-tested guides to building Shaker furniture and woodenware.

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Mallett of Bond Street is famous in the world of antiques and fine art, renowned as the leading dealer in fine English furniture. Drawing on its ... More

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Frederick Litchfield created an enduring classic study of functional art with his Illustrated History of Furniture. This reprinting is presented out ... More

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"Rich in information sharp in perception." The Times Educational Supplement

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A comprehensive guide to the most influential furniture and lightingdesigns of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, updated andexpanded, with ... More

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A definitive work on the distinctive American Shaker furniture style, photographed in rooms of actual Shaker dwellings and workshops in New Lebanon, ... More

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Chippendale (1718-1779) was the most famous and skilled of England's master cabinet-makers. This catalog reprints the third 1762 edition and ... More

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are ... More

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Gain reliable information from this expert author, whose auction house conducts more than 15 tool auctions annually, and owns the world-record ... More

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Exquisitely photographed and beautifully designed, this complementary catalog of America's finest studio furniture highlights 84 pieces from the ... More

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