English and American Furniture; A Pictorial Handbook of Fine Furniture Made in Great Britain and in the American Colonies, Some in the Sixteenth Century but Principally in the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and early Nineteenth Centuries

Bookseller

Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)

Bookseller's Inventory #

003665

Title

English and American Furniture; A Pictorial Handbook of Fine Furniture Made in Great Britain and in the American Colonies, Some in the Sixteenth Century but Principally in the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and early Nineteenth Centuries

Author

Herbert Cescinsky, George Leland Hunter

Format/Binding

Hardcover

Book Condition

Used - Good

Jacket Condition

No Jacket

Quantity Available

1

Edition

Reprint Edition

Publisher

Garden City Publishing Company

Place of Publication

Garden City, NY

Date Published

1929

Size

4to - over 9¾ - 12"

Keywords

English Furniture, American Furniture, cabinetmakers, joiners, carpenters, chair makers, wood carvers, Chippendale, Philadelphia Chippendale, European furniture, colonial furniture, Early American Furniture, Early British furniture, wood furniture, hand m

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