Identifying American Furniture: A Pictorial Guide to Styles and Terms, Colonial to Contemporary
American Association for State and Local History, 1981. First edition. Hardbound. Burgundy cloth with illustrated dustwrapper. 87 pp., many bw plates. VG/VG. Item #104926
Curators, collectors, appraisers, connoisseurs of furniture, and students of history, architecture, and the arts-as well as those just learning the fascination of stylistic trends in American furniture-will find this succinct handbook essential. Styles are arranged chronologically from 1607 to the present and represent all thirty-five major furniture styles from Arts and Crafts to Windsor. The vivid commentary and annotation draws attention to the book's 171 photographs, pinpointing distinctions among the styles. Naeve also offers an excellent bibliography.
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