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Victor Chinnery's scholarly work covers the history and development of furniture in oak and kindred timbers in the British Isles and New England, from the Middle Ages through to 1800. The subject is broken down into a logical sequence of aspects and each section is generously illustrated. The furniture shown ranges from the finest examples of the period, to the sort of sturdy and workmanlike pieces which modern collectors will find afforsable. The study of oak furniture is a remarkably rich and varied subject,which reflects at several levels the social and domestic life of many generations of our ancestors. Victor Chinnery has explored and clarified many important topics, whilst fully realising that scholarship in this field is still very much in its infancy. One of the most profound influences on the appearance of furniture in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was the system of rigid demarcations operated by the different furniture making trades, and in which the work of the joiners was th
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Oak Furniture - The British Tradition: A History of Early Furniture in the British Isles and New England
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Reprint. Profusely illustrated. 4to (11 x 8 1/2 inches), 618-pages. Original cloth. Very good indeed in like dust jacket. Weight 2.567 kg thus extra postage will be requested. Please excuse the reflection in the photograph, Seller Inventory # 23236
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Hardback. Victor Chinnery, ACC Art Books. This book covers the history and development of furniture in oak and kindred timbers in the British Isles and New England, from the Middle Ages through to 1800, breaking the subject down into structural, functional and decorative aspects. Hardback. Seller Inventory # 9781851490134-SECONDHAND
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Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Condition Notes: Dust wrapper lightly sunned at the spine and slightly loose with a short, closed, tear to the head of the lower panel. Slip case rubbed at the corners. Previous owners' name and date to the half-title. The contents complete, clean and tight otherwise; ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 3.6kg. overseas shipping will require additional postage . Within the UK I will request £15.00 to send it along ParcelForce. ### Hardback in Slip Case. Dust wrapper over blue boards with gilt titles to the spine & upper board; Measures 11" x 8¾" (3.6 kg); pp 618; Index; 3rd printing, with pictorial index, (1970). Includes: Table: Financial; Black & White photos within the text; Colour photos on individual leaves; Black & white plates; Black & white drawings; Colour frontispiece; Illustrated lining papers; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #205194 || Hardback in Slip Case in Dust Wrapper. Seller Inventory # 205194
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. THIS IS A HEAVY VOLUME SO ADDITIONAL POSTAGE MAY BE CHARGED - PLEASE ASK FOR A QUOTATION BEFORE ORDERING TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT. 618pp, very well-illustrated, hardcover, bound in brown cloth, gilt lettered, good condition with no annotations or markings within, dust jacket unclipped and good with some repairs, Antique Collectors Club Dist, 1988. * the standard work on the subject, with an added pictorial index. The first major book to be published on this subject in over 50 years. Seller Inventory # FURN/39
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Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 618 pages. Hardcover, bound in black cloth covered boards and wrapped in an illustrated paper dustjacket. 1990 edition of the 1979 original printing. Some sunning to the spine of the dustjacket. Else, the binding is tight and solid, with sharp edges and corners of the boards, a clean interior, and aside from the sunned spine, a bright dustjacket free of blemishes. Texts in English. Profusely illustrated. Book. Seller Inventory # 020197
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hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. A History of Early Furniture in the British Isles and New England. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of photographs, some in color. 618pp. Thick 4to, brown cloth, d.w. (Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 1988). Reprint of second edition, with pictorial index. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Seller Inventory # 272763