Furniture

Newark, NJ: Newark Museum. 1958. PB. very good++, wraps (softcover). An exhibition from October 10, 1958 to January 11, 1959. Includes a biographical checklist of NJ cabinet-makers. Best general reference work on New Jersey furniture. . 89pp more information

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Paris: Librairie Hachette. good, olive green cloth (hardcover). early 1900s. HC. 205pp. Text and photograph captions in French. Wonderful black and white photographs of English furniture and room settings. . more information

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New York: American Art Association. good+, wraps (softcover). PB. 165pp. Sale Number 3908 held April 17th and 18th, 1931, conducted by O. Bernet, H. H. Parke, A. N. Bade; and, H. E. Russell, Jr. Auction included "American Furniture Including a Complete Samuel McIntire Room and single pieces by the same maker. Also Examples of Excellence by Goddard, Townsend and Other Leading Craftsmen. Glass - Silver - Pewter - Chintzes - Staffordshire and Lustre Ware. Sold by the Order of the Owner Benjamin Flayderman, Boston, Mass." Prices realized written in at each item, probably during the auction. . more information

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Philadelphia, PA: Victorian Society in America. very good, wraps (softcover). (1983). PB. 254pp. Published as "Nineteenth Centure: Vol. 8, Nos. 3-4, 1982". Five essays including: Continuitry and Change in Furniture Style; Business, Commerce and Labor; Studies of Specific Firms and Forms; High Culture Architects and Designers; and, On the Geographic and Social Periphery - Respectability at Fifty Dollars Down, 20 Months to Pay. . more information

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New York: Dover Publications. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's bookplate. 1950. HC. 133pp. more information

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France: Editions Monelle Hayot. 2002. HC. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover). ISBN 2903824347 History of this master French furniture maker. . 174pp more information

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London: B. T. Batsford Ltd.. good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover) EX-LIB w/minimal markings. (1930). HC. 155pp. "Its Types, History and Surroundings from Mediaeval to Victorian Times." . more information

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. very good, wraps (softcover). (1969). PB. 500pp. ISBN 0684176416 A comprehensive guide to the stylistic development of domestic furniture from classical times to the present in Europe, America and the Far East. Each section gives a general description of the period style and an account of the leading craftsmen, which is followed by a detailed analysis of various types of furniture, starting in each case with chairs and ending with such accessories as mirrors and clocks. . more information

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London: Victoria and Albert Museum. 1930 2nd ed. HC. good, blue cloth (hardcover) fading to spine. This celebrated collection of French Furniture of the XVIII century was given to the V&A in 1882. . 36pp of text more information

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London: Hoddeer and Stoughton, Ltd.. good, black cloth (hardcover) wear top/bottom of spine. [1924]. HC. 281pp. "With Numerous Illustrations Selected to Show the Development of His Style." Franklin 2413 = Best on the Subject. . more information

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East Aurora, NY: The House of Hubbard. very good+, wraps (softcover). (1973). PB. 61pp. A facsimile of a 1912 catalog with other related material added--for the sake of interest. . more information

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Hong Kong: Far Eastern Press. good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover). (1989). HC. 381pp. ISBN 9627260061 This anniversary album, published to celebrate Hyde Park's first quarter century, brings together a cross-section of the pieces which have established Hyde Park's reputation. . more information

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University Park, PA: Mus of Art/The PA State Univ. very good, wraps (softcover). 1979. PB. unpaginated. A celebration of the homely arts and crafts of household and farm. Catalog to an exhibition held on July 10 - September 23, 1979. . more information

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Columbia, SC: University of SC Press. good, cream cloth spine, vellum colored boards (hardcover). (1971) 2nd ptg. HC. 150pp. First Edition published in 1955 as "Contributions from The Charleston Museum: XII." . more information

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New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. very good, wraps (softcover). 1970. PB. index, biblio.. ISBN 0870090055 "An Exhibition in Celebration of the Hundreth Anniversary of the Metropolitan Museum of Art - April 16 through September 7, 1970." . more information

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London: Waverley Book Company, Ltd.. good, 3/4 leather (hardcover) wear to spines. n.d. c1915. HC. "Illustrated from drawings by the author and from photographs." Volume I, 384pp; Volume II, 384pp; and, Volume III, 384pp. Internally a nice clean and tight set, fading and wear to leather spines and corners. Franklin 2428 Best on the Subject. . more information

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Grand Rapids, MI: The Dean-Hicks Company. good+, blue cloth (hardcover) clean and tight copy. 1929 1st ed. HC. 438pp. "A concise account of the development of English furniture and woodwork from the Gothic of the fifteenth century to the classic revival of the early nineteenth with the minimum of descriptive text and the maximum of illustration." Franklin 2429 - best on subject. . more information

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London: George Sadler & Co., Ltd. 1909. HC. good, rebound in brown buckram cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB. 384pp more information

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London: Christie's. fine, wraps (softcover). 2006. PB. 74pp. An exceptional collection of mirrors, wonderfully illustrated, and auctioned on 6 July 2006. . more information

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Princeton, NJ: The Pyne Press. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover). (1972). HC. 118pp. ISBN 087861060X Contents include: English chairs; French chairs; The Age of the Ebeniste and Menuisier; American chairs; Windsor chairs; Art Nouveau; and the Modern Movement. Bibliography. . more information

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Princeton: The Pyne Press. very good, wraps (softcover). (1973). PB. 341pp. ISBN 0878610391 Collection of articles from the MAGAZINE ANTIQUES, on country furnishings, etc. . more information

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New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1948 1st ed. HC. good+, brown cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket. 275pp more information

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New York: Holt, Rinehard and Winston. very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover). (1984) 1st Amer. HC. 192pp. ISBN 0030000998 First published in 1984. . more information

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Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann. good++, green cloth (hardcover). [1909]. HC. ten page intro. From the introduction. "It is the aim of this book to give some idea of the beautiful furniture produced in England between 1680 and 1800 including only what is good in design, and entirely ignoring the debased motives (Chinese and Gothic Chippendale and the work produced by Chippendale and Sheraton under direct French influence) that are of interest only to those who profess an admiration for anything that is old or of high value, however ugly it may be." . more information

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Honolulu, HI: Honolulu Academy of Arts. fine, wraps (softcover). (1996). PB. 100pp. ISBN 1878529617 . more information

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New York: Richard Marek Publishers. (1981). HC. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover). ISBN 0399900969 Definitive book based on ten years of research. For both connoisseur, amateur, or serious collector. . 561pp more information

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New York: Bonanza Books. (1986). HC. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover). ISBN 0517625318 "An Illustrated Survey of the Most Beautiful and Fascinating American Antiques." Quality reprint of the 1972 E.P. Dutton edition. . 299pp more information

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Milano, Italy: Giunti Editore. very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover). (2004). HC. 336pp. ISBN 8809034260 Text in Italian. . more information

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London: Her Majesty's Stat. Office. good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover). 1969. HC. 30pp of text. The Victoria and Albert Museum's collection of furniture, one of the most famous in the world, is particularly strong in examples from the Georgian Period. Many notable pieces have been bought over the last twenty years and this new, enlarged edition of a picture book first published in 1947 (second edition 1958) provides a lavish survey of this collection. . more information

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Cheltenham, Glouc. UK: Furniture History Society. fine, wraps (softcover). 2002. PB. 80pp. more information

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Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Soc. good, wraps (softcover). (1979). PB. 153pp. ISBN 0915916096 Catalogue of "A Loan Exhibition 29 September through 3 November 1978." . more information

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New York: Longmans, Green, & Co.. good++, brown cloth spine, teg (hardcover). 1915. HC. 206pp. Limited to One Thousand Copies. This Copy is Number 561. The furniture portrayed, which is all in mahogany, was assembled by the author and formed the decoration of his house, views of whose exterior and interior are included among the illustrations. . more information

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New York: Bonanza Books. orig pub 1965. HC. very good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover). Contains 1767 terms used in Britain and America. . 565pp more information

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London: Collins. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover). 1946 2nd ptg. HC. 48pp. Britain in Pictures series number 89. . more information

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England: Victoria & Albert Museum. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover). (1994). HC. 134pp. ISBN 1851771360 This volume examines the origins of the seat as a symbol of authority and traces the development of ceremonial and commemorative chairs in Great Britain up to the present day. . more information

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London: Faber and Faber. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover). (1966). HC. 120pp of text. Author was conservateur of the Louvre. . more information

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New York: Turn of the Century Editions. very good, wraps (softcover) small tear on front cover. (1983). PB. 189pp. ISBN 094032606X . more information

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London: Bracken Books. very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover). (1992). HC. 144pp. ISBN 1851709118 From the highly popular COLLECTING FOR PLEASURE series, this book presents 34 different items such as 'The Chaise Longue', 'The Pine Chest of Drawers' and 'The Longcase Clock', and shows them in their historical settings so that the reader can learn when, where and how certain types of furniture were first introduced, how they were made and used--and at the same time, it gives complete coverage of the style and social history of the time. . more information

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Boston, MA: Charles T. Branford Co.. good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover). (1956) 2nd ptg. HC. 146pp. "A practical work manual for decorating furniture by stenciling, gold-leaf application and freehand painting." . more information

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Storrs, CT: University of Connecticut. fine, wraps (softcover). (1978). PB. 40pp. A Loan Exhibition of Shaker Craftsmanship Primarily from Hancock Shaker Village, March 20-May 21, 1978, The William Benton Museum of Art. . more information

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Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, Inc.. very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover). (1989). HC. 128pp. ISBN 1555213901 "This book is the first popular study of England's most famous furniture maker and craftsman." . more information

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London: Ernest Benn Limited. good, black cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB no external marks. (1950) 2nd rev. HC. 238pp. In this second edition, the text has been left in its original form, though certain slight alterations have been found necessary including replacing some plates with new illustrations. . more information

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Lexington, KY: Headley-Whitney Museum. fine, wraps (softcover). (2000). PB. 76. Catalogue of the exhibition of the same name held October 5-December 31, 1997. Contents include: The Mason County Region - A Brief History; The Cabinetmaking Business in All Its Various Branches; Discussion of the Furniture; Furniture Illustrations and Descriptions; Diagram of Case-on-Frame Form. . more information

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New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery. very good, wraps (softcover). 1982. PB. 198pp. ISBN 0894670166 This extraordinary study of the regional characteristics of a single furniture form is a gratifying example of scientific methodology harnessed to serve the arts. Published to accompany an exhibition of the same name at the Yale University Art Gallery, the book is largely based on Benjamin A. Hewitt's ten-year computer study of the form, ornament, and construction of nearly 400 federal period card tables from three broad geographic areas and nine urban centers in the Eastern United States. The study is given breadth and texture by Gerald Ward's essay on early American card-playing and by Patricia Kane's chapter on the role of design and price books in standardizing card table manufacture; but the heart of the presentation is Hewitt's comprehensive statistical analysis. (from a book review in ART & ANTIQUES, July-August 1982). An uncommon and essential furniture reference. . more information

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New York: Crown Publishers, Inc.. good+, tan cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket. (1953) 1st ed. HC. 355pp. more information

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New York: Bonanza Books. good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover). orig pub 1953. HC. 355pp. more information

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fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover). orig pub 1936. HC. 113pp. Limited reprint of the 1936 edition published by This Historical Society of Haddonfield, New Jersey, which was also limited to 300 copies. An important cornerstone work to New Jersey furniture. . more information

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London: Country Life. very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover). (1973) 3rd ptg. HC. 416pp. ISBN 0600430677 The detailed analysis of the vast range of furniture available, together with over 1,000 line drawings, provides a useful guide for the collector in identifying particular pieces. . more information

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New York: Crown Publishers, Inc.. very good+, wraps (softcover) owner's name. (1976) 1st ptg. PB. 144pp. ISBN 0517521768 The 151 pieces illustrated in this guide are a careful sampling of Chippendale furniture (1755-1790) from New York, Philadelphia, and the South. . more information

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New York: American Art Association Inc. good+, blue buckram cloth (hardcover). 1929. HC. 275pp. Scarce catalogue of the April, 1929, landmark auction sale of the collection built over 30 years by Howard Reifsnyder and formerly contained in The Reifsnyder Residence; The Pennsylvania Museum; and, Mount Pleasant Mansion, Philadelphia. Items sold by the order of the Executors Hannah G. Reifsnyder and Corn Exchange National Bank and Trust Company, Philadelphia. Prices realized written in for each item in Red Ink. This auction set a record for the highest price paid for a piece of American furniture when Henry F. Dupont purchased Item 696 - "The Very Important Van Pelt Chippendale Carved Mahogany Highboy, Philadelphia circa 1770" for the sum of $44,000 (1929 pre-crash dollars!!!) for Winterthur. Lot 656 "Important Queen Anne Carved Fiddle-Back Side Chair, Philadelphia, circa 1730" sold for $9,000, and in January 2002 this same chair sold to a private collector at Christie's New York for $666,000, believed to be an auction record for American Queen Anne side chairs. The similar chair (Lot 655) sold for $38,500 at Sotheby's in June 1990. An unbelievable auction catalogue, and as important as the 1929 Girl Scouts Loan Exhibition catalogue. . more information

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