Author: Sheila Chefetz
Publisher: Studio
ISBN: 9780670840571
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
In collaboration with photographer Joshua Greene (Lee Bailey's Country Weekends), journalist Shelia Chefetz presents a unique book that turns the dining experience into a feast for the senses. 250 full-color illustrations.
Antiques for the Table
Author: Sheila Chefetz
Publisher: Studio
ISBN: 9780670840571
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
In collaboration with photographer Joshua Greene (Lee Bailey's Country Weekends), journalist Shelia Chefetz presents a unique book that turns the dining experience into a feast for the senses. 250 full-color illustrations.
Publisher: Studio
ISBN: 9780670840571
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
In collaboration with photographer Joshua Greene (Lee Bailey's Country Weekends), journalist Shelia Chefetz presents a unique book that turns the dining experience into a feast for the senses. 250 full-color illustrations.
The Complete Guide to Antiques
Author: Martin Miller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780681453715
Category : Antiques
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780681453715
Category : Antiques
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
Restoring Antique Furniture
Author: Richard A. Lyons
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486409546
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
If you're one of the many people who like to buy and restore antique furniture, then this is the book for you! Brimming with tips and advice from a skilled craftsman and teacher, this profusely illustrated woodworking guide will enable you to determine the age of an antique, assess its quality, and learn how to restore and preserve it effectively and profitably. Focusing on American furniture made between 1750 and 1850, the author explains how to repair construction joints, replace lost hardware, strengthen fractured parts, cover damaged areas, and much more. In addition, readers will find clear, step-by-step instructions for restoring an early rocker and chest of drawers, repairing a table leg, constructing a drawer using a dovetail joint, replacing the swing rail on a gateleg table, forming a molding, and more. Numerous examples, with over 250 illustrations and photographs, include such restored pieces of furniture as a Shaker tilt-top table, c. 1810; a cherry chest of drawers, c. 1800–20; an American Empire secretary, c. 1825; a primitive chest, c. 1840; and a country cupboard, c. 1850. Hobbyists, collectors, dealers, and woodworkers will find this excellent guide contains not only the clear, practical directions they need, but also indispensable advice on avoiding mistakes commonly made in the restoration process.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486409546
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
If you're one of the many people who like to buy and restore antique furniture, then this is the book for you! Brimming with tips and advice from a skilled craftsman and teacher, this profusely illustrated woodworking guide will enable you to determine the age of an antique, assess its quality, and learn how to restore and preserve it effectively and profitably. Focusing on American furniture made between 1750 and 1850, the author explains how to repair construction joints, replace lost hardware, strengthen fractured parts, cover damaged areas, and much more. In addition, readers will find clear, step-by-step instructions for restoring an early rocker and chest of drawers, repairing a table leg, constructing a drawer using a dovetail joint, replacing the swing rail on a gateleg table, forming a molding, and more. Numerous examples, with over 250 illustrations and photographs, include such restored pieces of furniture as a Shaker tilt-top table, c. 1810; a cherry chest of drawers, c. 1800–20; an American Empire secretary, c. 1825; a primitive chest, c. 1840; and a country cupboard, c. 1850. Hobbyists, collectors, dealers, and woodworkers will find this excellent guide contains not only the clear, practical directions they need, but also indispensable advice on avoiding mistakes commonly made in the restoration process.
Antiques Roadshow Collectibles
Author: Carol Prisant
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 9780761128878
Category : Antiques roadshow (Television program : Great Britain)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Offers tips on identifying, collecting, and caring for furniture, photographs, posters and illustration art, costume jewelry and wristwatches, dolls, toys, advertising and sports memorabilia, and glass and pottery.
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 9780761128878
Category : Antiques roadshow (Television program : Great Britain)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Offers tips on identifying, collecting, and caring for furniture, photographs, posters and illustration art, costume jewelry and wristwatches, dolls, toys, advertising and sports memorabilia, and glass and pottery.
A Complete Guide to Collecting Antique Pipes
Author: Benjamin Rapaport
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780916838225
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
This book considers the history and development of the tobacco-smoking pipe as an art form and is an illustrated guide for pipe collectors. Fact and fancy, history laced with humor, and a chronological collection of pipes are shown in many styles, values, and materials including briars, corn cobs, meerschaum, porcelain, ivory, amber, silver, gold, semi-precious stones, and rare woods.
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780916838225
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
This book considers the history and development of the tobacco-smoking pipe as an art form and is an illustrated guide for pipe collectors. Fact and fancy, history laced with humor, and a chronological collection of pipes are shown in many styles, values, and materials including briars, corn cobs, meerschaum, porcelain, ivory, amber, silver, gold, semi-precious stones, and rare woods.
The Complete Guide to Antiques
Author: Martin Miller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780681783607
Category : Antiques
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780681783607
Category : Antiques
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
The Complete Encyclopedia of Antiques
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Modern Antiques for the Table
Author: Sheila Chefetz
Publisher: Studio
ISBN: 9780670875153
Category : Antiques
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
From the authors of "Antiques for the Table" comes this sumptuous and informative guide to the tableware of the fertile period of design innovation between 1890 and 1940. 225 color photos.
Publisher: Studio
ISBN: 9780670875153
Category : Antiques
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
From the authors of "Antiques for the Table" comes this sumptuous and informative guide to the tableware of the fertile period of design innovation between 1890 and 1940. 225 color photos.
The Complete Guide to London's Antique Street Markets
Author: Jeremy Cooper
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780668036139
Category : Antique dealers
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780668036139
Category : Antique dealers
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Complete Guide to 20th Century Antiques
Author: Martin Miller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781844423057
Category : Antiques
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
A timely publication for the e-Bay generation, this is a full-colour guide to the fastest-growing area of the antiques trade, using retail prices as a guide to what you are likely to have to pay for that 1950s kitchen clock, Eames chair, Susie Cooper plate or art deco lamp.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781844423057
Category : Antiques
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
A timely publication for the e-Bay generation, this is a full-colour guide to the fastest-growing area of the antiques trade, using retail prices as a guide to what you are likely to have to pay for that 1950s kitchen clock, Eames chair, Susie Cooper plate or art deco lamp.