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Fanciful Furniture Decorating with Paint: Decorating with Paint by Anita Rosenberg, ISBN 1402705883

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Handcraft unique pieces of furniture and accessories that make a big decorative statement and give any home that personal touch. It just takes paint and simple tools, plus these incredible, inspirational designs and projects. Every beautiful pattern and creative technique is broken down in detail, with information on finding furniture to personalize, discovering unusual motifs, and incorporating feng shui principles on color. Try a little fun with themes taken from magazines, dig for ideas in vacation and travel brochures, and go wild for patterns like a bright leopard scroll. Great projects include a gothic-style table, which uses a variety of techniques including staining, swirling, and wood cutouts; rejuvenate a night table with a lovely mosaic and paint design; and decoupage a chest with assorted papers from maps to newspaper articles.


The British Country House in the Eighteenth Century by Christopher Christie, ISBN 0719047250

In this lavishly illustrated book, Christopher Christie explores the British country house during the period 1700-1830 and looks at the lives of both the noblemen and the servants who inhabited them. Christie's clear and thoughtful analysis provides insight into many different areas: the role and rank of family and servants, furniture, landscape, architecture, painting, sculpture, style, food, and entertainment. The British Country House in the Eighteenth Century by Christopher Christie, ISBN 0719047250
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Storkcraft Beatrice Armoire, Natural

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Roycroft: Furniture & Collectibles by Larry Koon, ISBN 1574323644

This book is the most comprehensive guide to ever be published on this subject. The Roycrofters produced illustrated hand-bound books, Mission-style furniture, lamps, metal ware of black iron, copper, and bronze, as well as glass, ceramics, and leather. The furniture was mostly oak with hand-forged hinges, handles, and decorative but functional hardware. Divided into three sections, this collector's guide features not only Roycroft furniture but also books and copper and leather craft items. Hundreds of Roycroft items are illustrated that have recently been sold on the auction block, and all prices realized are given. Roycroft: Furniture & Collectibles by Larry Koon, ISBN 1574323644
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Antique Oak Furniture: An Illustrated Value Guide by Conover Hill, ISBN 0891450076

In recent years oak furniture has become a very collectible item. The good solid oak pieces that were so popular from 1850 to 1930 have won the hearts of collectors. Antique Oak Furniture contains over 900 detailed black and white photographs showcasing most every style imaginable: chairs, desks, dressers, clocks, tables, couches, china cabinets, rockers, hall trees, washstands, mirrors, wardrobes, and more. 2003 values. Antique Oak Furniture: An Illustrated Value Guide by Conover Hill, ISBN 0891450076
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The British Country House in the Eighteenth Century by Christopher Christie, ISBN 0719047250

In this lavishly illustrated book, Christopher Christie explores the British country house during the period 1700-1830 and looks at the lives of both the noblemen and the servants who inhabited them. Christie's clear and thoughtful analysis provides insight into many different areas: the role and rank of family and servants, furniture, landscape, architecture, painting, sculpture, style, food, and entertainment. The British Country House in the Eighteenth Century by Christopher Christie, ISBN 0719047250
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How to Restore Antique Furniture by Colin Holcombe, ISBN 1861264941

How to Restore Antique Furniture is a hands-on guide to the care and repair of a range of furniture types. Beginning with a history of furniture construction, which introduces the techniques to be found in pieces from various periods, the book discusses the qualities and applications of most common wood types, offering advice on tools and accessories. Among the topics covered are: dismantling furniture; removing old nails, screws, and glue; repairing dowel, knuckle, mortise, and tenon joints; mending damaged turnings; tackling veneers and marquetry; and restoring glass, keys, and locks. How to Restore Antique Furniture by Colin Holcombe, ISBN 1861264941
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History of Furniture: Ancient to 19th C.

No one is better qualified to discuss the evolution of fine furniture from ancient Egypt to Victorian England--with full details of its construction, decoration, use, and historical context--than Michael Huntley. As the Head of Furniture Restoration and Conservation at Sotheby's and author of the acclaimed "History of Furniture" articles in Furniture and Cabinetmaking magazine, he speaks with authority on every style and every period. With the aid of color photographs from Sotheby's unrivaled archives, he gives everyone interested in the subject--collectors, dealers, curators, museum-goers--a book that is both a magnificent gallery they'll visit from cover to cover, and a definitive reference they'll return to again and again. History of Furniture: Ancient to 19th C.
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The World of Biedermeier by Linda Chase, ISBN 0500510555

Biedermeier furniture and interior design are recognized today as the first great flowering of haute bourgeois taste in interior design. Biedermeier is a style with great range, from austere to sumptuous, but it is never ostentatious in its celebration of comfort, domestic intimacy, and practicality. Beginning in the early nineteenth century, these bourgeois ideals in design were pursued by a wide range of society from the Hapsburgs and Hohenzollern to the middle class, from Middle Europe to Italy, yet Biedermeier's innate classicism, its lyrical yet elegant forms, have made it an influential inspiration in our own time.

The World of Biedermeier celebrates the elements of a wonderfully appealing style -- the furniture, decorative elements, paintings, crystal, porcelain, fabrics -- as no other recent book on furniture and design. Created out of an enraptured obsession with Biedermeier -- shared by Karl Kemp, the renowned antiques dealer, and Linda Chase, the noted interior designer and...

The World of Biedermeier by Linda Chase, ISBN 0500510555
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