The old-world house : its furniture and decoration, complete in 2 vol.
1924, First Edition. London : A. and C. Black. Very good leather-backed, cloth-covered set. Gilt-blocked leather label to spine, with raised bands, and spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Top edges gilt. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #420367
Physical description; 2 volumes : fronts, illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes indexes. Including 2 phototype plates and process illustrations. Contents; Vol. 1: Introductory: Something About the House -- The Old-World House -- The Decoration of Rooms -- Floors and Their Coverings -- The Development of Types in Furniture -- Wood Panellings for the Old-World House -- Pre-Reformation Gothic Furniture -- English Oak Chairs -- English Oak Tables -- Chests, Coffers, and Cupboards of the Oak Period -- Marqueterie Furniture -- Lacquer Work -- Walnut Chairs of 1600-1700 -- Plain Walnut Furniture of the Seventeenth Century -- Index. Vol. 2: The Eighteenth Century in Arts, Crafts, and Letters -- Walnut Furniture of the Eighteenth Century -- Furniture of the Early Georgian Period -- The Architectural Influence in Eighteenth-Century Furniture -- Thomas Chippendale -- The Work of the Chippendale School: Gothic and Fretted Furniture -- Chippendale Cabriole Furniture -- Mahogany Tripod Furniture -- The Furniture of Robert and James Adam -- Furniture of the Hepplewhite School -- Furniture of the Sheraton School -- Eighteenth-Century and Modern Polishes -- Woods Used in English Furniture -- Index. Subjects; Furniture England. Interior decoration England. Furniture England History. Interior decoration England History.
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