Field Guide to American Antique Furniture A Unique Visual System for Identifying the Style of Virtually Any Piece of American Antique Furniture

Name: Field Guide to American Antique Furniture A Unique Visual System for Identifying the Style of Virtually Any Piece of American Antique Furniture
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ISBN: 9780805001242

ISBN-10: 0805001247

ISBN-13: 9780805001242

Edition: Revised

Authors: Joseph T. Butler, Ray Skibinski

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With more than seventeen hundred superb drawings, this authoritative book offers a unique visual system for identifying the style of virtually any piece of American antique furniture.

Book details

List price: $25.00
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 11/15/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



Preface


Anatomy of Furniture



History of American Furniture


Origins of American Furniture


The 17th Century


The William and Mary Style


The Queen Anne Style


The Chippendale Style


Windsor Furniture


Germanic Furniture


New Influences on Furniture Design


American Neoclassicism-The Federal Style


The Empire Style


Late Classicism and the Restauration Style


Shaker Furniture


The Gothic and Elizabethan Revival Styles


The Rococo Revival Style


The Louis XVI Revival Style


The Renaissance Revival Style


The Victorian Renaissance or Neo-Grec Style


The Colonial Revival Style


Innovative Furniture


Exotic and Eclectic


Design Reform



Field Guide to American Antique Furniture


Chairs


Tables


Beds


Daybeds, Sofas, Benches, Settees


Lift-top Chests


Chests of Drawers


Desks and Bookcases


Miscellaneous


Sources of the Furniture Illustrated


Outstanding Collections of American Furniture


Selected Bibliography


Glossary


Index