THE ANTIQUE FURNITURE
COLLECTION
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A truly unique and wonderful
collection of over 110 rare, out-of-print books compiled together for the first
time on DVD DATA DISC covering all aspects of ANTIQUE FURNITURE.
This fascinating collection
is an absolute must for anyone with an interest in antique furniture of all
periods and ages. From the couches and beds of ancient Egypt to the
English regency furniture of the 17th and 18th centuries,
this collection has it all. Discover the forms, colours and history of period
furniture. Learn about the mouldings and
styles of different ages, the Italian furniture of the Renaissance, Jacobean
design in oak and walnut, French furniture in the Middle ages, colonial
furniture in America and much more....
Some of the books contained
within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable
library of reference material. Overall, a stunning archive for any antique
furniture collector, or indeed anyone with an interest or need to discover the
furniture styles of all periods and ages. The full list of titles included
speaks for itself….
This superb compilation of
116 vintage books on DVD data disc provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great
content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books
have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to
read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or
e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages. Most of the books
are written in English with several additional texts in French and German.
This is without doubt the
most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by
rare-book-collections, and only available here!
The Full List of Titles
Included is as Follows:
A Chippendale
romance by E. H. Gay (1915)
A glossary of
English furniture of the historic periods by J. Penderel-Brodhurst (1921)
A history of
furniture by A. Jacquemart (1907)
Album
gothique - recueil de meubles et sièges par D. Guilmard (1901) (French text)
An historical
guide to French interiors, furniture, decoration, woodwork & allied arts by
T. A. Strange (1903)
An
introduction to old English furniture by W. E. Mallet (1902)
An
introduction to the Period styles of England
and France
by H. Cole (1913)
Antiques and
curios in our homes by G. M. Vallois (1923)
Art
decoration applied to furniture by H. Spofford (1877)
Chairs by the
Jacob brothers by E. Dumonthier (1921)
Chats on
cottage and farmhouse furniture by A. Hayden (1912)
Chats on
household curios by F. W. Burgess (1914)
Chats on old
furniture - a practical guide for collectors by A. Hayden (1906)
Chippendale
and his school by J. P. Blake (1913)
Collecting
antiques for pleasure and profit; the narrative of twenty-five years search for
antique furniture, prints, china, paintings and other works of art by F. Gade
(1921)
Collection of
designs for household furniture and interior decoration by G. Smith (1808)
Colonial
furniture in America
Vol. 1 by L. V. Lockwood (1901)
Colonial
furniture in America
Vol. 2 by L. V. Lockwood (1901)
Colonial
homes and their furnishings by M. H. Northend (1912)
Creators of
decorative styles; being a survey of the decorative periods in England
from 1600 to 1800 by W. A. Dyer (1917)
Das deutsche
Zimmer der Gothik und Renaissance - des Barock-, Rococo- und Zopfstils
Anregungen zu häuslicher Kunstpflege von G. Hirth (1886) (German Text)
Dates in
English furniture, from Gothic times until the commencement of the nineteenth
century by N. C. Aveling (1911)
Decorative
furniture - a picture book of the beautiful forms of all ages and all periods
by G. L. Hunter (1923)
Deutsche
Möbel der Vergangenheit von F. Luthmer (1913) (German Text)
Dictionnaire
raisonné du mobilier français de l'époque carlovingienne à la Renaissance Vols.
1 - 6 par E. E. Viollet-le-Duc (1874) (French Text)
Die
italienischen Hausmöbel der Renaissance von W. Bode (1902) (German Text)
Domestic life
in Scotland,
1488-1688; a sketch of the development of furniture and household usage by J.
Warrack (1921)
Dutch and
Flemish furniture by E. Singleton (1907)
Early English
furniture & woodwork Vols. 1 & 2 by H. Cescinsky (1922)
Elements of
style in furniture and woodwork by R. Brook (1889)
English
church furniture by J. C. Cox (1907)
English
furniture - the Sheraton period, post-Chippendale designers, 1760-1820 by A. E.
Reveirs-Hopkins (1919)
English
furniture and decoration, 1680-1800 by G. M. Ellwood (1909)
English
furniture by F. S. Robinson (1905)
English
furniture designers of the eighteenth century by C. Simon (1905)
English
furniture of the cabriole period by H. A. Tipping (1922)
English
furniture of the eighteenth century Vol. 3 by H. Cescinsky (1909)
Exemplars of
Tudor architecture and observations on the furniture of the Tudor period by T.
F. Hunt (1841)
French and
English furniture, distinctive styles and periods described and illustrated by
E. Singleton (1904)
French
furniture by A. Saglio (1901)
French
furniture in the middle ages and under Louis XIII by R. De Felice (1900)
French
furniture under Louis XIV by R. De Felice (1922)
French
furniture under Louis XVI and the empire by R. De Felice (1921)
Furnishing
the home of good taste by L. A. Throop (1912)
Furniture by
E. Singleton (1911)
Furniture
masterpieces of Duncan Phyfe by C. O. Cornelius (1922)
Furniture
mouldings, full size sections of moulded details on English furniture from 1574
to 1820 by E. J. Warne (1923)
Furniture of
the olden time by F. C. Morse (1913)
Furniture of
the Pilgrim century, 1620-1720, including colonial utensils and hardware by W.
Nutting (1910)
Handbook of
furniture styles by W. A. Dyer (1918)
Historic
styles in furniture by V. H. Robie (1905)
Historical
rooms from the manor houses of England
Vols. 1 - 3 by C. L. Roberson (1920)
Holländische
Möbel und Raumkunst von 1650-1780 von C. H. De Jonge (1922) (German Text)
How to
collect old furniture by F. Litchfield (1920)
How to know
period styles in furniture; a brief history of furniture from the days of
ancient Egypt
to the present time by W. L. Kimerly (1913)
Illustrated
catalogue of a notable collection of beautiful English furniture of the XVII
and XVIII centuries by L. V. Lockwood (1910)
Illustrated
history of furniture by F. Litchfield (1903)
Interiors,
fireplaces, & furniture of the Italian renaissance by H. D. Eberlein (1916)
Inventaire
général du mobilier de la couronne sous Louis xiv (1663-1715) Vols. 1 & 2
par J. Guiffrey (French Text)
Italian
furniture and interiors Vols. 1 & 2 by G. L. Hunter (1918)
Italian
renaissance furniture by W. Von Bode (1921)
Jacobean
furniture and English styles in oak and walnut by H. C. Candee (c1916)
L'ameublement
français au grand siècle par J. Boulenger (1913) (French Text)
L'ameublement
français sous la renaissance by F. Funck-Bentano (1913)
L'ameublement
français sous Louis XV par H. Clouzot (1913) (French Text)
Les meubles
du XVIIIe siècle par H. Clouzot (1922) (French Text)
Louis XIV and
regency furniture and decoration by S. De Ricci (1921)
Louis XVI
furniture by S. de Ricci (1913)
Meubles,
sièges, bronzes, dessins par Musée des arts décoratifs (1900) (French text)
Mouldings of
the Tudor period by T. Small (1912)
Nation's
treasures; measured drawings of fine old furniture in the Victoria & Albert
museum by H. P. Benn (1910)
Old English
furniture and its surroundings, from the restoration to the regency by M.
Percival (1920)
Old English
furniture by F. Fenn (1920)
Old English
interiors by C. J. Charles (1919)
Old oak
furniture by F. Roe (1905)
Period
furnishings; an encyclopedia of historic furniture, decorations and furnishings
by C. R. Clifford (1911)
Period
furniture by S. Karpen & Bros. (1914)
Periods of
furniture - a concise resumé of all leading types of furniture; descriptions of
their derivations concisely told; amply illustrated by H. O'Neill & Co.
(1903)
Robert Adam
& his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture,
decoration and furniture by J. Swarbrick (1915)
Studies in
ancient furniture; couches and beds of the Greeks, Etruscans and Romans by C.
Williams (1905)
Style in
furniture by R. D. Benn (1912)
Styles
français - trois cent soixante-huit dessins, accompagnés de notices par L.
Libonis (1899) (French Text)
The bedroom
and boudoir by M. A. Barker (1878)
The book of
decorative furniture, its form, colour and history Vols. 1 & 2 by E. Foley
(1910)
The charm of
the antique by R. Shackleton (c1914)
The colonial
furniture of New England - A study of the domestic furniture in use in the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries by I. W. Lyon (1892)
The
decoration and furniture of English mansions during the seventeenth &
eighteenth centuries by F. H. Lenygon (1909)
The
decorative periods by C. R. Clifford (1906)
The English
home from Charles I to George IV by J. A. Gotch (1919)
The French
decorative styles from the earliest times to the present day by E. P. Butler
(1904)
The furniture
collector - an introduction to the study of English styles of the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries by E. W. Gregory (1915)
The furniture
collectors' glossary by L. V. Lockwood (1913)
The furniture
designs of Thomas Chippendale by T. Chippendale (1910)
The furniture
of our forefathers by E. Singleton (1900)
The furniture
of Windsor Castle by G. F. Laking (1905)
The mahogany
book by G. N. Lamb (1917)
The
next-to-nothing house by A. Carrick (1922)
The old
furniture book; with a sketch of past days and ways by N. H. Moore (1903)
The period
furniture handbook by G. G. Gould (1900)
The period of
Queen Anne by J. P. Blake (1917)
The practical
book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American
colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods by H. D. Eberlein
(1914)
The present
state of old English furniture by R. W. Symonds (1921)
The room
beautiful; a collection of interior illustrations showing decoration and
furnishing details of the important furnishing periods by Clifford & Lawton
(1915)
Tudor to
Stuart by J. P. Blake (1922)
Wohnungskultur
und Möbel der italienischen Renaissance von F. Schottmuller (1921) (German
text)
An absolute must
for anyone with an interest in antique furniture, collectors, designers and
enthusiasts – an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small
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