Miller's: Georgian to Edwardian Fur: Buyer's Guide (Miller's Antiques Checklist) [Hardcover]

Leslie Gillham (Author)

Book Description

Series: Miller's Antiques Checklist | Publication Date: April 16, 1998

A reference work for experienced collectors and novices alike, for identifying and valuing pieces from the late-Georgian to the Edwardian period. Over 4000 items are illustrated and described, with over 500 in colour, each with an up-to-date price guide reflecting the latest market trends. Furniture is arranged by type and use, such as tables, seating furniture and desks. Each section contains fact boxes providing practical information. There is an illustrated key to recognizing different woods, and special features include a section on children's furniture and how to care for furniture. A directory of specialist dealers is included.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Mitchell Beazley (April 16, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1840000546
• ISBN-13: 978-1840000542
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 6.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,966,351 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Judith Miller began collecting in the 1960s while a student at Edinburgh University in Scotland. She has since extended and reinforced her knowledge of antiques and design through international research, becoming one of the world's leading experts in the field. In 1979 she co-founded the international bestseller Miller's Antiques Price Guide and has since written more than 100 books, which are held in high regard by collectors and dealers. Judith Miller appears regularly on TV and radio. She is an expert on the BBC's "Antiques Roadshow" and co-hosts the popular BBC TV series "The House Detectives," "ITV's "Antiques Trail," and Discovery's "It's Your Bid." She has appeared on "The Martha Stewart Show" and CNN. She is a regular lecturer and contributor to numerous newspapers and magazines, including Financial Times, BBC Homes & Antiques and House & Garden. She has lectured extensively, including at the V&A in London and the Smithsonian in Washington.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good visual reference, December 1, 2008

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This review is from: Miller's Buyer's Guide: Late Georgian to Edwardian Furniture (Millers Collectors Guides) (Hardcover)

I am an auctioneer and I use this book often to check on pieces.
This book is a very good visual reference as to the oh-so-different styles and pieces of fine furniture dating from late eighteen to early twenty century (the vast majority of what you'll find out there).
As to the prices, well, it gets dated fairly quick, but alas, they don't publish it every year, though if you are in on the current trends, it gives you a place to start.
The one I have is not all in color, hence only four stars.
PS. Use it in combination with the more comprehensive 'Miller's Antiques' that does appear every year.

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Antique Furniture Identification Resource., December 25, 2005

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Isfahan (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Miller's Buyer's Guide: Late Georgian to Edwardian Furniture (Millers Collectors Guides) (Hardcover)

As a resource for valuing antiques, and as been touched upon in the other reviews, this books fails monumentally; as with all markets, antique prices are a function of market fundamentals, and as a consequence, prices are constantly in flux.

However, this book is worth its weight in gold as a means of identifying and attributing antique furniture to specific English monarchial reigns. To the best of my knowledge, it is the most comprehensive resource for antique furniture identification that I have ever encountered. Is it a George IV or William IV bookcase? A survey of the hundreds of pictures of English furniture in this book will soon lay your question to rest, and leave you with an encyclopedic knowledge of designs, terms, and names of important cabinetmakers so that you have a good mastery of the discipline.

As always, questions regarding the valuation of antique furniture is best gleaned from your local auction house floor, and not from a book.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Informative Guide, April 8, 2005

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Shannon Deason (Houston) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Miller's Buyer's Guide: Late Georgian to Edwardian Furniture (Millers Collectors Guides) (Hardcover)

I'm not always crazy about these guides, their usefullness is for such a short duration, but I must say that this one is quite well done. It gives you a good idea of what the pieces of this style are going for at the time and what is selling and what is not..again at the time of the auction. The book does a nice job, better than most Millers guides, of giving many examples of different pieces of furniture in each style. The biggest problem with these guides are that they are a bit expensive and obviously go out of date quickly. Once they are more than a few years old they are really not of much use, other than to admire the beautiful furniture in the pictures. Having said that the book is well put together and the pictures are quite nice, though I wish more where in color.