BILLCLIFFE, ROGER.

Mackintosh Furniture.

London: Lutterworth Press, 1984. 0718825640. 1st edition. "Looks at Mackintosh's career as a furniture designer, and illustrates with over 250 photographs all his major pieces, as well as the interiors for which they were produced..not just the elongated chairs for which he is most remembered, but tables, wardrobes, bookcases, beds, bathroom fittings, and even a pulpit and an organ." 25.5cms x 17cms x 1.75cms. Pp.218/2 (bibliography) /3 (index), over 25o black & white photo illustrations. Black cloth, dustwrapper has a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 49667

Catalogue: Antiques: : Furniture

Keywords: Mackintosh Furniture Design Interiors Tea Room Domestic White Rooms Vienna Secession Haus Eines Kunstfreundes Windyhills Kingsborough Turin Warndorfer Salon Glasgow Bassett Lowke 50913 Antiques: : Furniture

CHIPPENDALE, THOMAS (1718-1779) / BELL, J. MUNRO / HAYDEN, ARTHUR (1868-1946) .

The Furniture Designs of Thomas Chippendale. Arranged by J. Munro Bell. With an introduction and critical estimate by Arthur Hayden.

London: Gibbings and Company, Limited, 18 bury Street, 1910 . 0. A very good original folio binding. 12.5" x 9.25" x 0.75". pp.24/ +63 plates. Dark grey buckram boards with bevelled edges. Corners bumped and edges lightly rubbed. Spine lightly sunned with bright gilt titles. Light foxing to endpapers, otherwise clean text and illustrations throughout. VG.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 46742

Catalogue: Furniture

Keywords: 48322 Gibbings and Company, Limited, Chippendale, Thomas Bell, J. Munro Hayden, Arthur the Furniture Designs Furniture

HAYDEN, ARTHUR.

Chats on Old Furniture.

London: T.Fisher Unwin, 1905. 1st edition. A Practical Guide for Collectors. Pp.283, many black & white photo illustrations, toning to endpapers and a few minor spots to preliminaries. Brown blind-stamped and gilt illustrated boards, gilt title to front and spine. VG.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 49663

Catalogue: Antiques: : Furniture

Keywords: Hayden Chats Old Furniture Renaissance Continent English Stuart Jacobean Queen Anne Style French Louis XIV Chippendale Sheraton Adam Heppelwhite 50911 Antiques: : Furniture

KNELL, DAVID.

English Country Furniture. The Vernacular Tradition.

Princes Risborough: Shire Publications, 1993. 0747802246. 1st edition. "Examines the vernacular pieces which furnished humbler urban and rural homes through the ages, describing the different methods of construction, the types of timber used and the decorative techniques. Of particular interest is the enormous variation caused by reginal influences and traditions." Pp.104, many black & white and colour photo illustrations. Paperback. VG.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 49099

Catalogue: Antiques: : Furniture

Keywords: Knell English Country Furniture Vernacular Timber Construction Country Furniture Chests Boxes Desks Cupboards Dressers Tables Seating Clocks Bedroom Kitchen 50578 Antiques: : Furniture

NUTTING, WALLACE.

A Windsor Handbook.

Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1990. 0804811059. A wealth of information on Windsor furniture in concise and useful form, mainly concentrating on the Windsor chair. 18cms x 11cms. Pp.196, black & white photo illustrations throughout. Paperback. VG.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 49100

Catalogue: Antiques: : Furniture

Keywords: Nutting Windsor Handbook Furniture Side Arm Comb-Back Writing Arm Chairs Babies High Backs Low Chairs Childs Settees Love Seats Stools Tables 50579 Antiques: : Furniture

OSTERGARD, DEREK E.

Bent Wood and Metal Furniture 1850-1946.

New York: The American Federation of Arts, 1987. Published in conjunction with the exhibition organized by The American Federation of Arts. Contents includes: 1.Before industrialization: Bent wood and bent metal in the hands of the craftsman by Derek E.Ostergard; 2.Michael Thonet and the development of bent-wood furniture: From workshop to factory production. by Alessandro Alvera; 3.The development of the bent-wood furniture industry, 1869-1914 by Graham Dry; 4.Bent wood production and the Viennese avant-garde:Thonet Brothers and J.and J. Kohn, 1899-1914 by Christian Witt-Dorring; 5.Furnishing the future: Bent wood and metal furniture, 1925-1946 by Christopher Wilk; 6.The social and cultural context of bent wood and metal furniture by Robert Keil; Catalogue by Derek E.Ostergard; Appendix: Bent-wod furniture manufacturers, 1849-1914. 24cms x 27.5cms x 3cms. Pp.366, black & white photos and illustrations throughout. Paperback. A heavy book which may cost extra to send overseas. VG.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 51262

Catalogue: Antiques: : Furniture

Keywords: Ostergard Bent Wood Metal Furniture Exhibition Catalogue Michael Thonet Viennese Avant Garde Kohn Manufacturers Antique 52676 Antiques: : Furniture

OUGHTON, FREDERICK.

Grinling Gibbons & the English Woodcarving Tradition.

Hertford: Stobart Davies, 1998. 0854420827. Study of English woodcarvers and woodcarving from the earliest times to the era of the Georgian furniture craftsmen. "At the centre of the study stands Grinling Gibbons, the great stylist who is exemplified by his work at St Paul's Cathedral, Windsor Castle, Hampton Court Palace, Petworth, Chatsworth and other historic houses..The book also contains copious illustrated notes on the various ornamental carving styles, reproductions of unique contemporary documents, and an extract from the author's major research study, 'Inventory of Woodcarving in the British Isles'." 27.5cms x 21.5cms. Pp.224, 121 black & white illustrations. Paperback. VG.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 49096

Catalogue: Antiques: : Furniture

Keywords: Oughton Grinling Gibbons English Woodcarving Tradition Woodcarvers Tools Chisels Gouges Illustrated Ornaments 50590 Antiques: : Furniture

CHIPPENDALES WORKSHOP .

Direct from Chippendale's Workshops to You.

London: Chippendale's Workshops 12-18 Hoxton Street, Shoreditch, 1938 . 0. Original priced and illustrated catalogue. Landscape format. 9.5" x 11.5". pp.79 . Illustrated black & white card covers, soiled and creased, with small loss to lower edge. Corners rubbed and bumped, otherwise clean text and illustrations throughout. G+.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 51100

Catalogue: Antiques: : Furniture

Keywords: Chippendale's Workshops Catalogue Illustrated Furniture Antique Antiques: : Furniture