Field Guide to Antique Furniture (Peterson Field Guides)
by Peter Philp, Gillian Walkling, and Gillian Walking
Chests, Cupboards, Desks & Other Pieces (The Knopf collectors' guides to American antiques)
by William C. Ketchum
Shop Drawings of Shaker Furniture and Woodenware (Shop Drawings of Shaker Furniture & Woodenware, #2)
by Ejner Handberg
Think Marie Antoinette in jeans and a cowboy hat - that is Rachel Ashwell's prairie style. Rachel Ashwell Couture Prairie takes her signature pastels, ruffles and whimsical prettiness right to the heart of cowboy country. This is a journey in pictures and words, following Rachel through the fields of a little town called Round Top, home to one of the largest, most eclectic and vibrant antiques and flea markets in the world, and then back to Rachel's bed-and-breakfast in Texas. Here Rachel's ins...
A Handy Guide to Making Vintage Furniture and Furnishings for the Study
by Anon
This guide to both basic and advanced restoration techniques features straightforward, step-by-step instructions as well as information on specialist skills. It also focuses on common repairs, such as replacing a chewed arm, repairing a top rail and upholstering.
Chinese Country Antiques: Vernacular Furniture and Accessories, c. 1780-1920
by Andrea & Lynde McCormick
A new kind of antique Chinese furniture swept onto the market in the early 1990s. It appealed to people who were sure they did not like Chinese furniture, people who were ready for new ideas about Orientalia, and people who couldn't afford the five- and six-figure prices routinely attached to classical Chinese pieces. It struck a surprisingly sympathetic chord with Western tastes, and the prices are still surprisingly low. It comes from the last days of the emperors, and expresses a sense of cre...
American Furniture with Related Decorative Arts, 1660-1830
by W.R.Gerald Ward
Beautiful and scholarly study. A must for collectors!
Atomic Dinettes: Mid-Century Kitchen Elegance
by Donna Baker, Editor
Colorful, cheerful -- and in some cases downright funky -- vintage dinette sets from the 1950s to the 1970s will bring a nostalgic smile to your face. Presented through over 200 archival catalog images from the Lloyd Manufacturing Company (a subsidiary of Heywood-Wakefield), these sets feature casual seating in a myriad of wonderful styles. Here are "trimline" sets from the 1950s, pedestal base sets from the 1960s, Mediterranean style sets from the 1970s, and much more. Original catalog descript...
This is the Revised Edition of the classic bible of American furniture. It presents a thorough analysis, through over 700 photographs and detailed text, of the various elements of design, decoration, craftsmanship, construction, and finish of early American furniture. Each type is shown and discussed with three examples-good, better, best-and the relative merits and consequent value differentials of each are compared. It explains why superficially similar pieces of furniture of the same approxim...