Author: PALARDY, JEAN; MCLEAN, ERIC (TRANSLATOR)
Title: The Early Furniture of French Canada
Description: Toronto: Macmillan of Canada/a Division of Gage Publishing Limited, 1971. Reprint. Hardcover. ISBN: 0333040694. 412 pages. Undated reprint, circa 1971. 8.25" x 6.5". "A valuable sourcebook of basic information on the design and workmanship of French Canadian furniture from the seventeenth to the first half of the nineteenth century. Armoires, buffets, chairs, commodes, beds and other common items are described and illustrated in detail, and the scope of the book extends to spinning-wheels, chandeliers, mantelpieces, stoves, fabrics, doors, locks and latches. Included also are suggestions for restoring the original colour to traditional furniture, and for identifying genuine French Canadian period pieces. There are approximately 600 black-and-white photographs." - dust jacket. Includes: List of Master-Woodworkers, Woodworkers and Carvers. List of English and Scottish Woodworkers and Cabinet-Makers. List of Master-Locksmiths and Locksmiths. List of Collectors. Bibliography. Abbreviations List. Lexicon of French-Canadian Terms. Glossary. Index. Minor lean to spine. Unmarked with moderate wear to dark green publisher's cloth. Binding intact. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this valuable reference. Whiteman, Stewart & Funnell 1643.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Furniture - Quebec, Antiques - Quebec, Armoires, buffets, chairs, commodes, Beds. Good in Good dust jacket .

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