Author: WEAVER Sir Lawrence
Title: High Wycombe Furniture
Description: London, Fanfare, 1929. Frontis, 84pp, inc 52 pls, 7 text drawings & list of manufacturers. Letter from Weaver to Edward Maufe dd 1929 loosely inserted with notes in reply by Maufe loosely inserted. Gilt lettered boards, 27x22. Nice copy in good dust wrapper. Interesting study, with many excellent photographs. The industry had a long history (Defoe mentions it) in the town and there were still many local manufacturers. The Windsor chair was its most famous product, but practically every other sort of furniture was also made. High Wycombe was an important centre but lost its dominance with the invention of bentwood furniture. Uncommon, especially in dust wrapper.

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