Upholstery in America & Europe : from the seventeenth century to World War I. / by Edward S. Cooke, Jr. ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cooke, Edward S., Jr. (Edward Strong), 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Upholstery--Europe--History.

Upholstery.

Upholstery--United States--History.

Draperies in interior decoration.

History.

United States.

Europe.

Physical Description:

273 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Other Title:

Upholstery in America and Europe.

Place of Publication:

New York : Norton, [1987]

Summary:

This book will thus enable today's craftsmen to recreate the styles, shapes and decorative finishes of past times far more accurately than has been possible before. Copiously illustrated with over 250 photographs and line drawings, Upholstery in America and Europe will correct many commonly held but mistaken ideas about interior decoration in the past.

Notes:

"A Barra Foundation book."

Includes index.

ISBN:

0393024695 :

OCLC:

16526676