Chats on Old Furniture

Chats on Old Furniture
Author: Arthur Hayden
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2015-02-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781505492026

"[...]queens have been applied to various styles of furniture as belonging to their reign. Early Victorian is certainly a more expressive term than early nineteenth century. Cromwellian tables, Queen Anne chairs, or Louis Seize commodes all have an especial meaning as referring to styles more or less prevalent when those personages lived. As there is no record of the makers of most of the old English furniture, and as a piece of furniture cannot be judged as can a picture, the date of manufacture cannot be precisely laid down, hence the vagueness of much of the classification of old furniture. Roughly it may in England be dealt with under the Tudor, the Stuart, and the[...]".

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Author: Mark Westgarth
Publisher:
Total Pages: 133
Release: 2019
Genre:
ISBN: 9781527243910

The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide

The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide
Author: George Hepplewhite
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2013-05-09
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 0486142671

Magnificent reproduction of 1788 folio of Hepplewhite furnishings. Classic, highly valued work depicts chairs, stools, sofas, sideboards, beds, pedestals, desks, bookcases, tables, chests of drawers, wardrobes, fire screens, and many other items. 128 plates.