American Antique Furniture (Edgar G. Miller, Jr.)
The book is organized around an unusually comprehensive collection of 2 115 illustrations. Most of these are photographs, from 148 private and public collections. The illustrations are arranged in chronological order in chapters on chairs, sofas, chests, highboys, lowboys, desks, sideboards, bedsteads, mirrors, tables, clocks, and other articles. Each chapter therefore yields its own pictorial history, showing numerous fine examples of the article in Queen Anne, Chippendale, Hepplewhite, Sheraton, Empire and other styles. Furniture styles are characterized, the woods generally used are detailed, and such parts and accessories as the cabriole leg, different types of feet, brass mountings, knobs, and hinges are defined and described. English language. Adobe PDF - 1 107 pages (2 e-Books) - 240 MB.

