For several years this has been the standard text on nineteenth-century British furniture, which continues to be the focus of an extraordinary growth of interest in the United States and throughout Europe.This exhaustive survey of a rich and rewarding chapter in the history of the decorative arts contains an astonishing range of photographs and drawings: more than six hundred illustrations, many of them in color, offer a uniquely comprehensive look at nineteenth-century furniture from the Gothic Revival to Art Nouveau. Every major designer is represented, including William Morris, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Christopher Dresser, and the choice of pictures includes a wealth of little-known furniture from private collections, much of which has never before been illustrated.A cheerful text enhanced by lavish picture layouts. -- The New York Times
- ISBN10 0896597687
- ISBN13 9780896597686
- Publish Date 6 November 1993
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 January 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
- Edition American ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English