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Field guide to American antique furniture / by Joseph T. Butler, in collaboration with Kathleen Eagen Johnson ; illustrations by Ray Skibinski.
LIBRA NK2405 .B87 1986
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Butler, Joseph T.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Furniture--United States--History.
- Furniture.
- United States.
- History.
- Local Subjects:
- Furniture--United States--History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 399 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- First Owl book edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : H. Holt, 1986.
- Summary:
- With more than seventeen hundred superb drawings, this authoritative book offers a unique visual system for identifying the style of virtually any piece of American antique furniture.--Publisher description.
- Contents:
- History of American Furniture
- Origins of American Furniture
- The 17th Century
- The William and Mary Style
- The Queen Anne Style
- The Chippendale Style
- Windsor Furniture
- Germanic Furniture
- New Influences on Furniture Design
- American Neoclassicism-The Federal Style
- The Empire Style
- Late Classicism and the Restauration Style
- Shaker Furniture
- The Gothic and Elizabethan Revival Styles
- The Rococo Revival Style
- The Louis XVI Revival Style
- The Renaissance Revival Style
- The Victorian Renaissance or Neo-Grec Style
- The Colonial Revival Style
- Innovative Furniture
- Exotic and Eclectic
- Design Reform
- Field Guide to American Antique Furniture
- Chairs
- Tables
- Beds
- Daybeds, Sofas, Benches, Settees
- Lift-top Chests
- Chests of Drawers
- Desks and Bookcases
- Outstanding Collections of American Furniture.
- Notes:
- Reprint. Originally published: New York, N.Y. : Facts on File, 1985.
- "A Roundtable Press book"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-368) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0805001247
- 9780805001242
- OCLC:
- 13667675
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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