11 books in Antiques & Collectibles - Furniture
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Star Pieces
The Enduring Beauty of Spectacular Furniture
Written by David Linley, Charles Cator and Helen Chislett
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $65.00
Furniture has star qualities unlike any other object:
It is both functional and decorative, yet it can connect us to history and far-flung places around the globe in the same way a Renaissance painting sends us back in time or a photograph takes us to a beloved overseas locale. Furniture also... Read more >
The Enduring Beauty of Spectacular Furniture
Written by David Linley, Charles Cator and Helen Chislett
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $65.00
Furniture has star qualities unlike any other object:
It is both functional and decorative, yet it can connect us to history and far-flung places around the globe in the same way a Renaissance painting sends us back in time or a photograph takes us to a beloved overseas locale. Furniture also... Read more >
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The 1940s Home
Written by Paul Evans
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $12.95
The history of the British home in the 1940s is dominated by the impacts Second World War. In the first five years of the decade, homes were adapted to better survive the affects of bombing. The 1930s home became the wartime home with the addition of anti-blast tape on the windows... Read more >
Written by Paul Evans
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $12.95
The history of the British home in the 1940s is dominated by the impacts Second World War. In the first five years of the decade, homes were adapted to better survive the affects of bombing. The 1930s home became the wartime home with the addition of anti-blast tape on the windows... Read more >
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Church Misericords and Bench Ends
Written by Richard Hayman
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $12.95
Although misericords were originally installed on the hidden undersides of church folding seats to provide comfort to those standing for long periods of prayer, the have gradually become more ornately carved and decorated. Now they, along with the benches installed in parish churches in the later middle ages, are the objects... Read more >
Written by Richard Hayman
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $12.95
Although misericords were originally installed on the hidden undersides of church folding seats to provide comfort to those standing for long periods of prayer, the have gradually become more ornately carved and decorated. Now they, along with the benches installed in parish churches in the later middle ages, are the objects... Read more >
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Old Television
Written by Andrew Emmerson
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $12.95
Old television embraces more than eighty years of progress, from the crude experiments of John Logie Baird in 1925, through the pioneering 405-line days at Alexandra Palace just before the Second World War, to the era when television entered most homes in the 1950s, and the growing sophistication of the 1960s... Read more >
Written by Andrew Emmerson
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $12.95
Old television embraces more than eighty years of progress, from the crude experiments of John Logie Baird in 1925, through the pioneering 405-line days at Alexandra Palace just before the Second World War, to the era when television entered most homes in the 1950s, and the growing sophistication of the 1960s... Read more >
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Bringing Paris Home
Written by Penny Drue Baird
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2008
Price: $45.00
Bringing Paris Home invites the reader to re-create the panache of French interior style in an American setting. Author Penny Drue Baird shares her love and knowledge of French history and decorative arts and describes the design elements essential to an elegant French interior—architectural details, furniture, paint and wall covering, fireplaces... Read more >
Written by Penny Drue Baird
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2008
Price: $45.00
Bringing Paris Home invites the reader to re-create the panache of French interior style in an American setting. Author Penny Drue Baird shares her love and knowledge of French history and decorative arts and describes the design elements essential to an elegant French interior—architectural details, furniture, paint and wall covering, fireplaces... Read more >
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Dummy Boards and Chimney Boards
Written by Clare Graham
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $11.95
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Written by Clare Graham
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $11.95
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English Windsor Chairs
Written by Ivan G. Sparkes
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $11.95
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Written by Ivan G. Sparkes
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $11.95
Read more >
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Portable Writing Desks
Written by David Harries
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $11.95
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Written by David Harries
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $11.95
Read more >
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Furniture Restoration
Step-By-Step Tips and Techniques for Professional Results
Written by Ina Brosseau Marx and Allen Marx
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2007
Price: $50.00
Repair that favorite antique—with step-by-step help from the pros.
Who doesn't love to watch Antiques Roadshow? And who doesn’t secretly suspect that Mom's sewing cabinet, that great thrift-store table, or Grandpa's rocking chair could someday be the star of the show? If only the cabinet door hung straight... if only the table... Read more >
Step-By-Step Tips and Techniques for Professional Results
Written by Ina Brosseau Marx and Allen Marx
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2007
Price: $50.00
Repair that favorite antique—with step-by-step help from the pros.
Who doesn't love to watch Antiques Roadshow? And who doesn’t secretly suspect that Mom's sewing cabinet, that great thrift-store table, or Grandpa's rocking chair could someday be the star of the show? If only the cabinet door hung straight... if only the table... Read more >
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Tansu
Traditional Japanese Cabinetry
Written by Ty Heineken
Format: Trade Paperback, 248 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2004
Price: $29.95
Tansu, the unique cabinetry of Japan, springs from a rich folk-art tradition. This book is lavishly illustrated with 27 full-color plates and over 260 monochrome photographs of spectacular chests and elegant details. It is divided into two parts, the first on history and the second on techniques. It also includes an... Read more >
Traditional Japanese Cabinetry
Written by Ty Heineken
Format: Trade Paperback, 248 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2004
Price: $29.95
Tansu, the unique cabinetry of Japan, springs from a rich folk-art tradition. This book is lavishly illustrated with 27 full-color plates and over 260 monochrome photographs of spectacular chests and elegant details. It is divided into two parts, the first on history and the second on techniques. It also includes an... Read more >
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Le Corbusier
Inside the Machine for Living
Written by George H. Marcus
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2001
Price: $50.00
The ideas of Le Corbusier on modern furnishings, modern houses, and modern cities are still, more than three decades after the architect's death, persuasive and extremely influential. He considered the objects of daily life -- a chair, a cabinet, a bottle -- as "tools," elements whose form and function could be... Read more >
Inside the Machine for Living
Written by George H. Marcus
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2001
Price: $50.00
The ideas of Le Corbusier on modern furnishings, modern houses, and modern cities are still, more than three decades after the architect's death, persuasive and extremely influential. He considered the objects of daily life -- a chair, a cabinet, a bottle -- as "tools," elements whose form and function could be... Read more >
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