The Antiques Directory: Furniture - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0517141183 ISBN 13: 9780517141182

Publisher: Crescent, 1995

Synopsis

Provides descriptions and price listings for a wide variety of furniture ranging from the sixteenth century to the early twentieth century

About this title

From Library Journal:

The latest offering from this well- known ``antiques team'' identifies and illustrates over 7000 pieces of furniture from the United States, Europe, and Asia, dating from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. The furniture is ar ranged by geographical origin and then alphabetically by form. While the vol ume is an excellent pictorial resource, its weaknesses outweigh its strengths. The vast subject of furniture history is largely discussed via short captions at tached to photographs of individual ob jects; the introductory material is far too general and brief. A price code is included, but the categories are too broad to be of much use. This volume is certainly not as successful as the au thors' earlier Miller's International An tiques Price Guide : 1985 American edi tion ( LJ 1/85), an encyclopedic price list enlivened by photographs. Kathleen Eagen Johnson, Sleepy Hollow Resto rations, Tarrytown, N.Y.
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review:

The Antiques Directory Of Furniture is a comprehensive, completely revised and up-to-date visual guide to more than 7,000 pieces of furniture made between the 16th and early 20th century. Organized by style and period, including American, English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Oriental, The Antiques Directory Of Furniture is an essential reference book for any collector, dealer, art and design student, flea market frequenter, and anyone else who loves furniture. More than 560 full-color and b/w photographs. -- Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Crescent
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0517141183
• ISBN 13: 9780517141182
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 639
• Editor: Judith Miller, Martin Miller