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Antique Furniture (Collins Gem)电子书

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作       者:Anonymous

出  版  社:HarperCollins Publishers

出版时间:2017-01-31

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Collins Gem Antique Furniture is a guide to take with you to auctions or car boot sales for it provides a visual guide to identifying the age and style of furniture, combined with advice on caring, buying, and selling antique furniture. This new Gem is produced in flexibinding, providing the durability of a hardback and the flexibility of a paperback. The stylish new cover design, this new Gem Antique Furniture will provide an essential friendly introduction to Antiques. After an introductory section on periods and styles of furniture, and how to look after antique furniture this Gem looks at the main furniture types -- chairs, tables, cupboards and so on -- showing the detailed changes in style that happens over the years -- for example, much can be learnt from understanding the changing shape of chair legs to help you date a chair. * An introduction to identifying antique furniture through understanding the key features of pieces of furniture * Guidance on the care and repair of furniture and advice on buying and selling * Lavishly illustrated with photographs to help identification
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Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

How To Use This Book

Periods and Styles Timeline

Part One: The History of Furniture

Introduction

The Middle Ages

The Age of Oak

Early Methods of Furniture-making

The Development of Design

Elizabethan Furniture

James I and Charles I

Technical Developments

The Restoration and After

Cabinet-making

William and Mary

Early Mirrors

The Age of Walnut

The Cabriole Leg

The Age of Mahogany

Thomas Chippendale

Rococo

The Grand Tour

The Age of Satinwood

Hepplewhite and Sheraton

Regency Style

French Influences

The Spread of Fashion

New British Style

Early Victorian

Arts and Crafts

Towards a Simpler Style

Reproduction Furniture

Art Deco and Art Moderne

The 1930s

Utility Furniture

The 1960s to Today

Part Two: Identifying Furniture

Arms

Backs

Carvings and Mouldings

Feet and Casters

Handles

Legs

Mirrors

Part Three: Getting Started

Introduction

Buying and Selling

Where to Buy

Auctions and Antique Shops

Where to View

Part Four: Understanding Furniture

Introduction

Types of Wood

Techniques

Care of Furniture

Valuing and Insuring

Part Five: Compendium

Glossary

Useful Addresses and Numbers

Bibliography

Index

Keep Reading

About the Author

About the Publisher

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