Author: VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM
Title: English Chairs
Description: London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1965. Second Edition. 1. Soft Cover. SECOND EDITION (REVISED). Softcover. 8vo (approx 6 x 9.5"). (vi), 26, (ii), (120) pp. Publisher's glossy pictorial covers. Illustrated with 120 full-page B&W Plates. Printed on heavy glossy stock. This is an unmarked copy in excellent condition. The covers are moderately shelf-worn. All plates and text are bright and clean. Originally published in Great Britain in 1951. NEAR FINE. Foreword by Trenchard Cox; Essay on The History of the English Chair by Ralph Edwards, F.S.A. This brief history of the English Chair was originally prepared by Mr. Ralph Edwards, former Keeper of the Department of Woodwork. If has now been considerably revised so as to include a number of fine chairs acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum between 1951 and 1965. This survey, which is illustrated with 120 examples from the Museum collections, covers the period from about 1500 to about 1820. Catalog. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (vi), 26, (ii), (120) pp. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

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