- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Mitchell Beazley; illustrated edition edition (20 May 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 085533889X
- ISBN-13: 978-0855338893
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 9.4 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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- #40 in Books > Home & Garden > Antiques & Collectables > Antiques & Collectables by Subject > Furniture
- #44 in Books > Reference > Consumer Guides > Antiques
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This is an illustrated pocket guide to identifying and dating furniture for collectors. Each double-page spread is devoted to a particular item and gives a question-and-answer guide to identification, followed by a detailed analysis. There are notes on fakes and restorations. The guide features analyses of individual types of furniture, organized by category and period, from America, England and the continent. Special spreads are given over to woods, legs and feet, handles, pediments and mouldings. Special categories include drawered furniture, seat furniture, tables, writing furniture, bookcases and cabinets, mirrors and beds. A companion checklist of art deco antiques is published simultaneously.
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Antique furniture has for many years proven to be a very good investment and English furniture in particular has risen in price over the last twenty years, perhaps more than any other form of investment. Read the first page
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Perfect for Auction viewings or just learning in general, I consider it money saved, not wasted. Thanks a million, are you sure the price was right ?!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
More than just a price book
15 April 2001
Format:Hardcover
This book is more than just a price book. It uses a series of questions to help you nail down just what you are looking at. In the BASICS section you find the different types of glazes as Lead glaze, Tin glaze, and Salt glaze. The book is small enough that I carry this with me.
Some of the highlights are:
Uses a unique question-and -answer approach to help you identify and date genuine antique glass
Deals with fakes, copies, condition and other factors that may confuse even experienced collectors
Analyses typical items that collectors can find in shops and auction houses
Gives Guidelines to values
Contains a wealth of background information, including an extensive glossary
Is a thorough introductory course for the beginner and also a superb refresher for those with some collecting experience.
Some of the highlights are:
Uses a unique question-and -answer approach to help you identify and date genuine antique glass
Deals with fakes, copies, condition and other factors that may confuse even experienced collectors
Analyses typical items that collectors can find in shops and auction houses
Gives Guidelines to values
Contains a wealth of background information, including an extensive glossary
Is a thorough introductory course for the beginner and also a superb refresher for those with some collecting experience.
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