The Dictionary of English Furniture - Hardcover

Macquoid, Percy; Bickerton, Lm

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1851493441 ISBN 13: 9781851493449

Publisher: ACC Art Books, 1999

Synopsis

The Dictionary of English Furniture by Ralph Edwards (1954 Revised Edition) is the most authoritative general work on English antique furniture ever published. The first edition of this work was published 1924-27. It was instantly recognised as the primary reference on the evolution of English furniture from the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian period. It was consistently in demand and soon went out of print. The Second Edition, published in 1954, was entirely revised and enlargedby one of the two original collaborators, Ralph Edwards, who at that time was Keeper of the Department of Woodwork at the Victoria and Albert Museum. He was an outstanding authority, well placed to produce such a mammoth revision. The Dictionary is, within its chronological limits, a comprehensive survey of the whole wide field of English domestic furniture. Later research has added details but the basic body of knowledge remains unchallenged. It remains the standard book referred to in all sale catalogues. In three volumes, now available in three different bindings 43 colour & 2690 b/w illustrations

Edition details

• Publisher: ACC Art Books
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1851493441
• ISBN 13: 9781851493449
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 1146