This is a new release of the original 1929 edition.

Digitally reproduced in large print, English and American Furniture is for those who wish to assimilate some knowledge of English and American furniture in a short time. With over 400 illustrations, the entire format makes this a decorative and appealing book for casual reading as well as a valuable anthology for ready reference.

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

1929. A pictorial handbook of fine furniture made in Great Britain and in the American colonies, some in the sixteenth century but principally in the seventeenth, eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. With more than 400 illustrations. Contents: Gothic and Tudor Oak Furniture; English and American Furniture of Seventeenth Century Type; The Windsor or Turned Chair; Lacquer Work; Development of the English Walnut Chair; English and American Mahogany Chairs; American and English Dado Furniture; Double Chests, Highboys and Cabinets; Side Tables, Sideboards and Commodes; Mahogany Tripod Furniture; Occasional Tables; Wall Furniture of the Eighteenth Century; Hepplewhite Chairs: English and American; Wall and Toilet Mirrors: American and English; and Thomas Sheraton and Duncan Phyfe.

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.

Some In The Sixteenth Century But Principally In The Seventeenth, Eighteenth And Early Nineteenth Centuries. Containing over 1,200 illustrations from photographs and drawings of the best examples of the furniture of Hepplewhite, Sheraton, Adam, Chippendale, etc.

1929. A pictorial handbook of fine furniture made in Great Britain and in the American colonies, some in the sixteenth century but principally in the seventeenth, eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. With more than 400 illustrations. Contents: Gothic and Tudor Oak Furniture; English and American Furniture of Seventeenth Century Type; The Windsor or Turned Chair; Lacquer Work; Development of the English Walnut Chair; English and American Mahogany Chairs; American and English Dado Furniture; Double Chests, Highboys and Cabinets; Side Tables, Sideboards and Commodes; Mahogany Tripod Furniture; Occasional Tables; Wall Furniture of the Eighteenth Century; Hepplewhite Chairs: English and American; Wall and Toilet Mirrors: American and English; and Thomas Sheraton and Duncan Phyfe.