With more than seventeen hundred superb drawings, this authoritative book offers a unique visual system for identifying the style of virtually any piece of American antique furniture.
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Since 1957, Joseph T. Butler has served as curator of the Sleepy Hollow Restorations in Tarrytown, New York. The author of numerous books, he was also the American editor of The Connoisseur and an Adjunct Professor of Architecture at Columbia University.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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Good Reference,
By Renee Croome (New England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Field Guide to American Antique Furniture: A Unique Visual System for Identifying the Style of Virtually Any Piece of American Antique Furniture (Paperback)
This book is good for a quick reference. It is filled with sketches that are grouped into categories (chairs, tables, beds).It can help you identify the style of a piece of furntiture, but doesn't help authenticating the piece.
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Hundreds of detailed drawings!,
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This review is from: Field Guide to American Antique Furniture: A Unique Visual System for Identifying the Style of Virtually Any Piece of American Antique Furniture (Paperback)
Excellent and easy to use reference book, illustrates styles in thier purest form. Does not treat the subject of authenticity but notes characteristics and idiosyncracies of various examples.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Great Info book!,
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This review is from: Field Guide to American Antique Furniture: A Unique Visual System for Identifying the Style of Virtually Any Piece of American Antique Furniture (Paperback)
Get this one. It shows and tells what a novice needs to learn about antique furniture. Also...a great refresher for long-time antiquers.
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WHEN the colonists settled along the Eastern seaboard of North America during the 17th century, they brought their European traditions with them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
roundabout chair, trifid foot, crest rail, rocking armchair, trifid feet, reeded legs, split spindles, fall front desk, stretcher table, foliate carving, canted corners, ormolu mounts, bracket feet, press cupboard, serpentine front, kettle stand, revival furniture, furniture forms, cabriole legs, classical furniture, shell carving, high chest, upholstered armchair, pad foot, pier table Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Rhode Island, New England, Queen Anne, New Jersey, Renaissance Revival, Rococo Revival, South Carolina, Mount Lebanon, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Grand Rapids, United States, Gustav Stickley's Craftsman Workshops, Duncan Phyfe, Chippendale's Director, Hepplewhite's Guide, Elizabethan Revival, John Henry Belter, Lancaster County, Sheraton's Drawing-Book, Alexander Roux, East Windsor, Leon Marcotte, Thomas Seymour New!
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WHEN the colonists settled along the Eastern seaboard of North America during the 17th century, they brought their European traditions with them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
roundabout chair, trifid foot, crest rail, rocking armchair, trifid feet, reeded legs, split spindles, fall front desk, stretcher table, foliate carving, canted corners, ormolu mounts, bracket feet, press cupboard, serpentine front, kettle stand, revival furniture, furniture forms, cabriole legs, classical furniture, shell carving, high chest, upholstered armchair, pad foot, pier table Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Rhode Island, New England, Queen Anne, New Jersey, Renaissance Revival, Rococo Revival, South Carolina, Mount Lebanon, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Grand Rapids, United States, Gustav Stickley's Craftsman Workshops, Duncan Phyfe, Chippendale's Director, Hepplewhite's Guide, Elizabethan Revival, John Henry Belter, Lancaster County, Sheraton's Drawing-Book, Alexander Roux, East Windsor, Leon Marcotte, Thomas Seymour New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Rhode Island (Regional Photos) by Richard Benjamin on 4 pages
- Household Furniture and Interior Decoration by Thomas Hope on page 51, and Back Matter
- American Furniture: 2 by Celia Jackson Otto in Back Matter
- Furniture Treasury (2 Volumes) by Wallace Nutting in Back Matter
- The American Revolution by Bruce Lancaster on page 48
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- American Studies: An Annotated Bibliography 1984-1988 by Jack Salzman on page 97
- Queen Anne Furniture: History, Design and Construction by Norman L Vandal in Back Matter
- Antiquing For Dummies by Ron Zoglin on page 44
- American Farmhouses: Country Style and Design by Leah Rosch in Back Matter
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