Antique Boxes-Inside and Out: For Eating, Drinking and Being Merry

Language: English

Published by Antique Collectors Club LTD, China, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2006

1851495029 / 9781851495023

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An authoritative First Edition and beautifully illustrated study of antique boxes, exploring their history, craftsmanship, function and collectability across several centuries. Written by renowned antiques specialist Genevieve Cummins, this comprehensive reference examines a remarkable variety of boxes including tea caddies, sewing boxes, writing slopes, snuff boxes, jewellery caskets, gaming boxes, stationery boxes and many other decorative and functional forms. The book discusses construction techniques, materials, decoration, regional styles and methods for identifying authentic examples. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of colour photographs, Antique Boxes: Inside and Out remains an indispensable guide for collectors, dealers, auctioneers, restorers and enthusiasts of English and European decorative arts. A highly regarded reference work that combines scholarly research with practical collecting advice. Shipping Notice:
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Title
Antique Boxes-Inside and Out: For Eating, Drinking and Being Merry
Author
Cummins, Genevieve
Publisher
Antique Collectors Club LTD, China, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Publication year
2006
Condition
Very good
Dust jacket
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
1851495029
ISBN 13
9781851495023
Edition
1st Edition, Book Club Edition
Item weight
2.699 kilograms
Dimensions
24.92 centimeters width by 30.53 centimeters height by 4.04 centimeters depth
Seller catalogs
Antiques / Decorative Arts, Art, Collectible Books, History

Cranston & Perry

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Step into the world of Cranston & Perry, where every shelf holds a little history and every book has a story beyond the one printed on its pages. We seek out books with character, from time-worn editions with foxed pages, beautiful bindings and forgotten inscriptions, to collectable children’s books, literary classics, unusual finds and modern voices worth rediscovering. Some are rare. Some are wonderfully ordinary. Some have travelled through generations before reaching us. What matters is that each deserves to find the right reader and a new place on the shelf. Part antiquarian bookseller, part treasure hunter and entirely devoted to books, Cranston & Perry celebrates literature in all its forms: beautiful, rebellious, curious, scholarly, nostalgic and occasionally rather strange. Every book has a past. Every reader begins another chapter. We simply bring the two together.…

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