The London furniture makers : from the Restoration to the Victorian Era, 1660-1840
1953, 1st edition. London : B.T. Batsford. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #391673
Physical description: xx, 276 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles ; 30 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages xix-xx). Contents: Selected list of cabinet-makers, upholsterers, carvers and gilders working in London between 1660-1840, with reproductions of a selection of the trade-cards in use during the period -- Old English furniture and its makers : the problem of identification with examples of authenticated pieces / R.W. Symonds. Subjects: Cabinetmakers England London; Biography; Furniture workers England London; Furniture industry and trade England History; Cabinetmakers; Business
Economic history; Furniture industry; Trade cards; Biographical dictionaries.
Price: €40.00