Author: Albert Sack
Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Rev. ed. of: The new fine points of furniture.1993.
Fine Points of Furniture
Author: Albert Sack
Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Rev. ed. of: The new fine points of furniture.1993.
Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Rev. ed. of: The new fine points of furniture.1993.
Fine Points of Furniture
Author: Albert Sack
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Furniture, American
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Early American furniture. A book for collectors.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Furniture, American
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Early American furniture. A book for collectors.
Fine Points of Furniture
Author: Albert Sack
Publisher: Crescent
ISBN: 9780517001486
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: Crescent
ISBN: 9780517001486
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The New Fine Points of Furniture
Author: Albert Sack
Publisher: Crown
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
An indispensable guide for collectors and dealers who want to compare and evaluate early American antiques. When Albert Sack's Fine Points of Furniture: Early American--Good, Better, Best was published in 1950, it established a new standard for evaluating American antiques. In his new book, Sack applies this standard to furniture pieces that have appeared on the market in more recent years. Full color and black-and-white photographs.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
An indispensable guide for collectors and dealers who want to compare and evaluate early American antiques. When Albert Sack's Fine Points of Furniture: Early American--Good, Better, Best was published in 1950, it established a new standard for evaluating American antiques. In his new book, Sack applies this standard to furniture pieces that have appeared on the market in more recent years. Full color and black-and-white photographs.
Fine Points of Furniture
Southern Furniture 1680-1830
Author: Ronald Hurst
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9780810941755
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 639
Book Description
Provides a history of the South's cabinetmaking traditions
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9780810941755
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 639
Book Description
Provides a history of the South's cabinetmaking traditions
American Windsor Furniture
Author: Nancy Goyne Evans
Publisher: Hudson Hills
ISBN: 9781555950644
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The indispensable companion volume to Hudson Hills Press' phenomenal American Windsor Chairs.
Publisher: Hudson Hills
ISBN: 9781555950644
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The indispensable companion volume to Hudson Hills Press' phenomenal American Windsor Chairs.
Carving 18th Century American Furniture Elements
Author: Tony Kubalak
Publisher: Linden Publishing
ISBN: 9781933502328
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presenting 10 projects -- from shaping the surface through layout to rough carving and detailed carving -- this guide explains the process of carving authentic motifs found on the most treasured pieces of 18th-century American furniture. Written with a two-pronged approach, the book first emphasises that these are learned skills and offers guidance while, secondly, providing all the complex details that serious carvers need to reproduce each element with confidence. Selected for their importance and popularity on museum-quality pieces, projects include the cabriole leg, Philadelphia-style ball and claw foot, carved foliage on knee, Philadelphia rosette, and Newport flame finial, among others.
Publisher: Linden Publishing
ISBN: 9781933502328
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presenting 10 projects -- from shaping the surface through layout to rough carving and detailed carving -- this guide explains the process of carving authentic motifs found on the most treasured pieces of 18th-century American furniture. Written with a two-pronged approach, the book first emphasises that these are learned skills and offers guidance while, secondly, providing all the complex details that serious carvers need to reproduce each element with confidence. Selected for their importance and popularity on museum-quality pieces, projects include the cabriole leg, Philadelphia-style ball and claw foot, carved foliage on knee, Philadelphia rosette, and Newport flame finial, among others.
Federal Furniture
Author: Michael Dunbar
Publisher: Peter Smith Pub Incorporated
ISBN: 9780844664453
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: Peter Smith Pub Incorporated
ISBN: 9780844664453
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Furniture Bible
Author: Christophe Pourny
Publisher: Artisan
ISBN: 1579656455
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
A Wall Street Journal Top 10 Crucial Home & Design Book for Beginners A Library Journal Best Book of the Year An Amazon Best Book of the Month Christophe Pourny learned the art of furniture restoration in his father’s atelier in the South of France. In this, his first book, he teaches readers everything they need to know about the provenance and history of furniture, as well as how to restore, update, and care for their furniture—from antiques to midcentury pieces, family heirlooms or funky flea-market finds. The heart of the book is an overview of Pourny’s favorite techniques—ceruse, vernis anglais,and water gilding, among many others—with full-color step-by-step photographs to ensure that readers can easily replicate each refinishing technique at home. Pourny brings these techniques to life with a chapter devoted to real-world refinishing projects, from a veneered table to an ebonized desk, a gilt frame to a painted northern European hutch. Rounding out this comprehensive guide is care and maintenance information, including how to properly clean leather, polish hardware, fix a broken leg, and replace felt pads, as well as recipes to make your own wax, shellac, varnish, stain, and more.
Publisher: Artisan
ISBN: 1579656455
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
A Wall Street Journal Top 10 Crucial Home & Design Book for Beginners A Library Journal Best Book of the Year An Amazon Best Book of the Month Christophe Pourny learned the art of furniture restoration in his father’s atelier in the South of France. In this, his first book, he teaches readers everything they need to know about the provenance and history of furniture, as well as how to restore, update, and care for their furniture—from antiques to midcentury pieces, family heirlooms or funky flea-market finds. The heart of the book is an overview of Pourny’s favorite techniques—ceruse, vernis anglais,and water gilding, among many others—with full-color step-by-step photographs to ensure that readers can easily replicate each refinishing technique at home. Pourny brings these techniques to life with a chapter devoted to real-world refinishing projects, from a veneered table to an ebonized desk, a gilt frame to a painted northern European hutch. Rounding out this comprehensive guide is care and maintenance information, including how to properly clean leather, polish hardware, fix a broken leg, and replace felt pads, as well as recipes to make your own wax, shellac, varnish, stain, and more.